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9 October, 2025

The Littlest Act – Epicureanism, Philosophy, and Shopping Trolleys

By Derek Hope

9 October, 2025

/ Street & Urban Photography, /

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Often, I find it is easy to simply breeze past the day-to-day sights and sounds of life. We walk into a coffee shop and forget how much we love the smell of espresso. We pass by the river, only to neglect the meditative sound of quietly lapping wa...

9 October, 2025

A Short Stay Under Hong Kong Skyline

By Eagle Omomuro

9 October, 2025

/ ilfocolor 400, Minolta a-9, travel photography, /

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Travel photography has never been easy. Nineteen years ago, when I began working as a journalist, my editor told me that a journalist must have a perspective. Simply recording scenes was not enough. I’m not sure if that rule still holds true today...

9 October, 2025

Lucky C200 vs Colorplus vs Phoenix II

By Chi Zhang

9 October, 2025

/ Harman Phoenix II 200, Kodak ColorPlus 200, Lucky C200, /

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Despite being talked about a lot, there has not been much review about Lucky’s new color negative C200 in the western part of the world since its launch in July in China. I recently got my hands on this film and did a quick test comparing it...

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7 June, 2020

Nikon FM3a – Code Name: “The Last Ninja” – by Rod ZX

By Rod ZX

I've heard the Nikon FM3A being described as “The most advanced manual focus SLR camera ever”, “Nikons mechanical epitome”, and “The Perfect Desert Island Camera” by Anil MISTRY...

6 June, 2020

5 Frames with the Olympus OM-2N – by Matt Krajewski

By Pure.amateur

I was wondering if I should write this post, as there is so much information about Olympus OM series in the internet? Well... In the end, I decided, why not? I have watched and ...

5 June, 2020

36 Frames / A whole roll of Fuji Neopan 400 – #FullRollFriday – By Sandeep

By Ssumal71

It would have been around late 2014 sometime when I walked into the London Camera Exchange on The Strand. I didn’t know it at the time but I was about to make a huge mista...

5 June, 2020

Fujifilm Zoom Date siblings: 1000, 1300 and 160S Review – By Ivan B. Palli

By Ivan B. Palli

The first draft of this review was about the Fujifilm Zoom Date 1000 and the 1300. They're basically the same camera except for their zoom range. Then, I received a Xmas present...

4 June, 2020

First Experiments in Home Developing Colour – My First Steps into Analogue – Part 5 – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

Carrying on my path of improvements, I wanted to experiment with colour films as well, so I decided to get myself onto Analogue wonderland and pick some up to try. Luckily I hav...

4 June, 2020

5 Frames With a Pentax LX in New York – By Yohan Kim

By Yohan Kim

The first DSLR I bought for myself was a Pentax K-5. I remember walking into a shop hoping to compare what Canon and Nikon had to offer only to walk out with a K-5 later. It jus...

3 June, 2020

The Waitress, the Tarantula, the Body in the Bathtub and Why I Had To Buy My Girlfriend a New Pentax

By Gerard Exupery

The amount of damage was difficult for me to comprehend. The first time, trying to put the debacle into perspective, I thought this must be what it is like to fall out of an air...

3 June, 2020

5 Frames Composed in Layers, with a 35mm Lens – by Simon King

By Simon King

The last piece I wrote featuring images made with this lens was on the topic of its strength when applied to fast paced, from-the-hip shooting situations. This is certainly not ...

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mst jannati akter on 5 frames in France with a Contax RX
Fantastic article! I really enjoyed reading about your experience with the Contax RX and the Zeiss lenses. Your descriptions make…
Dave Powell on Canon 50mm 1.2 LTM First Impressions – Wading Through The Fog
Sorry... I should've omitted the words "and re-greasing" above. I'd never grease aperture blades! --Dave
Dave Powell on Canon 50mm 1.2 LTM First Impressions – Wading Through The Fog
Nice article, Christopher, and welcome to 35mmc! I too have one of these lenses, and wrote about cleaning it last…

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