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1 April, 2026

Never meet your heros – Misadventures in Camera Repair Land

By Bob Janes

1 April, 2026

/ Camera Repair, Minolta SRT 303, /

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31 October, 2021

Analogue Upcycle – by Laura Cogan

By Laura Cogan

Here lies a tale of perseverance and victory. You see I'm a self proclaimed ideas person, it's on my CV and everything so it must be true. The unfortunate thing is I'm not so go...

30 October, 2021

The Field of Flags – by Simon King

By Simon King

The Field of Flags was a temporary monument, an installation along the National Mall during the 59th Presidential Inauguration in January 2021. Although it was heavily off limit...

29 October, 2021

“Blur is a Part of Life” – A Collaborative Project

By Sroyon

When asked if blur in photographs is undesirable because it obscures what is there, William Klein disagreed: "If you look carefully at life, you see blur. Shake your hand. Blur ...

28 October, 2021

An Experiment with Sprocket-Hole Panoramas – By Joris Koolen

By Joris

As a relatively new amateur photographer, I settled quite quickly into a default process. I have a favourite film in a preferred format that I develop with my process of choice....

27 October, 2021

Photography through the Pandemic Book – Kickstarter is Live!

By Holly Gilman

The Kickstarter is live! You can now support 35mmc with it’s first ever book - Photography through the Pandemic!

27 October, 2021

Ensign Selfix 820 with One Roll of Fomapan 100 – by Steve Phillips

By Steve Phillips

A year ago, on holiday in Cornwall, I took a box camera with me on a coastal walk, and published the results here. One year on, and a camera or two later, here we go again. This...

26 October, 2021

Minolta AF Reflex 500 Review – Letting the Cat Out of the Bag – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

This article is mainly a review of an unusual lens - Minolta AF Reflex 500 – one of the few Autofocusing Catadioptric lenses to be made. I also have a Korean-made manual focus ‘...

25 October, 2021

Contrast and Tonality Part 2: The Curves Tool, and What We Talk About When We Talk About Contrast – By Sroyon

By Sroyon

In Part 1 of this three-part series, I used histograms of famous photographs to introduce some fundamental ideas about contrast and tonality. In this part I’ll talk about ...

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Walter Reumkens on Minolta Dynax 9 and 7 – A Comparison
An excellent, in-depth piece of work, Bob. I couldn’t produce anything like it. Apart from a technical interest in the…
Bob Janes on Minolta Dynax 9 and 7 – A Comparison
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Kodachomeguy on Minolta Dynax 9 and 7 – A Comparison
Bob, interesting review. That Dynax 9 is a big bruiser, for sure. Something did not work out on photos 1,…

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