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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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13 May, 2020

5 frames with a Nikon FG & Fujifilm Pro 400H – By Ivan Mendez

By Fotografika

Recently I had the opportunity to work as a still photographer in a movie that was being shot on the island. With it being a long time since doing this type of assignment and it...

13 May, 2020

5 Frames with the Fuji GW690ii – By Josh Sitoh

By Josh Sitoh

What strange times that we live in. With the world currently rearing its head and mobilizing its resources in facing of the Covid-19 pandemic, here I am in lockdown at my in-law...

12 May, 2020

5 Frames With Mamiya C220: A Love and Loss Story – By Ivan Mendez

By Fotografika

My love story with the Mamiya C Series started in the early 90s when I casually bumped into one while visiting my friend Hansel. The strange apparatus belonged to his father, Mr...

12 May, 2020

Covid-19 Essential Services with a Kiev 10 and Mir 20 Lens – by Peter Schafer

By Peter Schafer

I started shooting around with my Kiev 10 and its 20mm Mir when the Covid-19 closures started in New York City. I soon realized that the only places that were open for business ...

11 May, 2020

Mamiya DSX 1000B Review

By Natalie B.

In the modern day, the Mamiya name is pretty much synonymous with medium format cameras. Some film photography enthusiasts might not even know that the company also produced man...

11 May, 2020

Fuji X100V – A (Personal) Guide to Mode/Menu/Button Customisations

By Hamish Gill

This is my second more significant article in a series I am intending to write about my experiences with the Fuji X100v, in my first article I talked about why I was initially a...

10 May, 2020

35mm in the Time of Coronavirus – By Steph Powell

By Stephanie Powell

Our family camera was kept in a sock drawer. It was brought out of the Queen Anne cupboard for family occasions during the 90s. Dad would load the film into the chamber. It woul...

10 May, 2020

5 Frames of North London Locked Down with a Voigtlander Bessa L- By Michael Scott

By scottfotodotcom

In these quite extraordinary times of Covid - 19 it is a challenge to all photographers to capture images of what is probably going to be the most significant event of this gene...

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