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The author's Minolta HiMatic9 Rangefinder

30 September, 2025

5 Frames with my Minolta HiMatic 9

By Daimon Tilley

30 September, 2025

/ Kentmere 100, Kentmere Film, Minolta Hi-Matic 9, /

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Recently I posted a 5 Frames featuring my Minox 35GT, a lovely and tiny 35mm camera which gave me pleasing results. Well, this post is about my recent experience with the latest addition to the fold, the Minolta HiMatic 9. First introduced in 1966...

30 September, 2025

Photographing An Iconic Location – A One Shot Story

By Floyd K. Takeuchi

30 September, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, /

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My first camera, a birthday gift from my parents, was a Kodak Brownie Fiesta. All plastic, a simple viewfinder, and it used 127 film. Keep the sun over your shoulder, the Kodak film instruction sheet advised, and you would be fine. No one was fuss...

30 September, 2025

Following The Mighty Indus – From Nanga Parbat down the Karakoram Highway

By Ibraar Hussain

30 September, 2025

/ Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D, travel photography, /

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The man sat back and brooded, his eyes gazing upon the rolling mountains, which held his glance with their austere beauty; sheer and grand, with hues of blue and purple, their ridges rising up as if crafted by the hands of a Titan in some long for...

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By Graham Spinks

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The Most Read and Commented upon Posts Published on 35mmc in 2021

By Hamish Gill

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Color Photography with the Leica M10 Monochrom – By John Ricard

By John Ricard

I’ve been shooting for decades, but always in color. Converting these images to Black and White has held no interest to me over the years. I actually have a rather illogical lov...

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The Influence of Other Artists on my Work – By Nik Stanbridge

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Tony Warren on Following The Mighty Indus – From Nanga Parbat down the Karakoram Highway
Thank you for such stunning images and such eloquence Ibraar. I am in awe of both. Superb.
Tony Warren on Twin Lens Reflex – My Experiences and Thoughts on this Camera Type – Show and Tell
Thanks Geoff. Yes the Mamiya is a heavy lump I agree but its flexibility and interchangeable lenses made up for…
David Hume on Following The Mighty Indus – From Nanga Parbat down the Karakoram Highway
Great photo essay Ibraar! I love in particular the blues in the mountain shadows against the colours of the skies,…

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