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10 October, 2025

Minox 35 EL review – The Original Minox 35

By Bob Janes

10 October, 2025

/ Minox 35 EL, Minox Point & Shoot, Minox Scale Focus Camera, Point & Shoot camera, Scale Focus Camera, /

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Forty-one years ago, I borrowed this very Minox 35 EL from my father for a trip to Zaragossa. When I came back and had the film developed, I was quite blown away by the quality of shots produced by what seemed almost like a toy camera. At Photokin...

10 October, 2025

One By Four – A One Shot Story told by four photographers

By Scott Ferguson

10 October, 2025

/ Street & Urban Photography, /

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First, I’d like to thank my fellow 35mmc contributors David Pauley, David Hume and Dean Lawrence for having the temerity to quadruple down on the idea of a dialogue-driven post on 35mmc, in this case a One Shot Story, in which four photographers w...

10 October, 2025

Leica iiig – a Filmfurbish Edition / Rose Tinted Review

By Hamish Gill

10 October, 2025

/ Leica IIIg, leica rangefinder, rangefinder camera, /

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The Leica iiig is a camera that I have previously been uncertain I would like – I saw it as almost a worst of two worlds option from its era. It’s a camera from a period when the Leica M3 was for sale, and when compared – on paper at l...

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18 May, 2020

Lomography Metropolis Film and the Minolta Riva Panorama

By Hamish Gill

Before the Covid-19 lockdown in the UK began, I was casually shooting what had started to become a bit of a project. In reality, it’s little more than me loading Lomography Metr...

17 May, 2020

Shooting Pentax Auto 110 Lenses (On film and Digital) – By Jason Foster

By Jason Foster

As a longtime Pentax shooter, I stumbled across the diminutive Pentax Auto 110 by accident. The amateur-friendly SLR is an engineering marvel. Part of what I enjoy about it is m...

16 May, 2020

My Dad is Teaching Me Photography – By Connie Gill

By Hamish Gill

My name is Connie Gill, I am 8 years old, and I am Hamish's daughter. My dad has been trying to teach me photography. On the weekend we went for two walks in the woods near wher...

16 May, 2020

5 frames with a Ricoh Auto 35 – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

The backstory with my Auto 35 is spelled 'Zenit 11'. That's a Soviet made camera which I coveted some five years ago. I really liked the heavy metal look and build of it, and I ...

15 May, 2020

24 Frames / The Whole Roll of Expired Gold 200 in an Agfamatic 200 – #FullRollFriday – by Rock

By Rock

As soon as I saw the post by Jeremy Strange on April 3rd, I thought what a great idea - a whole roll of photographs to look at. After all, it is all about seeing other peoples' ...

15 May, 2020

Minolta XG-E Review: Takes a Lickin’ and Keeps On Tickin’ – by Aaron Gold

By Aaron Gold

In my Nikomat FT2 review, I mentioned my friend Mark who bestowed that camera upon me. Here’s the full story: One week I showed up to Mark’s office for his weekly Models and Mov...

14 May, 2020

Some little improvements – My First Steps into Analogue – Part 3 – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

Following up my previous article, I was determined to iron some issues I identified in my process, hoping it would lead me to an improvement in my photos. The biggest problems ...

14 May, 2020

Kodak ColorPlus 200 and Olympus OM40 – Developed as B&W – by Teemu Matilainen

By Teemu Matilainen

For the last 6 months I’ve been getting back to film photography with new found enthusiasm after a 15 year break. Usually I’m quite quick to create routines and preferences for...

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Scott Ferguson on Leica iiig – a Filmfurbish Edition / Rose Tinted Review
Hey Hamish, Great post and very interesting perspective. I spent some time looking into Barnacks over the winter and actually…
Scott Ferguson on One By Four – A One Shot Story told by four photographers
All good, Ibraar, and thank you! Interesting -- my frame of reference was a 'celebrity' red carpet photo event, but…
Ibraar Hussain on One By Four – A One Shot Story told by four photographers
Another interesting and refreshing idea / series. And very thoughtful critique I hope you don’t mind my own subjective look…

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