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7 July, 2025

Rectaflex 1000 – A Review of a (very) Early Pentaprism VF SLR

By Jim Palmer

7 July, 2025

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2 October, 2019

5 Frames With An Olympus OM1 MD (Again) – By Julian Higgs

By julianhiggs

I’ve been in possession of what has become my favourite 35mm SLR, the Olympus OM1 now for about eight months. Truth be told I have not shot it as often as I was expecting. The h...

1 October, 2019

5 frames with Kodak Ektachrome E100 in low light – By David Narbecki

By David Narbecki

Something readers of 35mmc might not know is that Kodaks new Ektachrome E100 has been available in super 8 and now 16mm. I don't usually shoot slide film, but I do shoot a lot o...

30 September, 2019

Fuji X-Pro 3 – A digital camera design philosophy I can get on board with!

By Hamish Gill

The Fuji X-Pro 3 is the first digital camera that’s genuinely piqued my interest in a long time - and it’s not even been officially released yet. Fuji did some sort of pre-annou...

29 September, 2019

5 frames with the Mamiya 35 ‘Executive’ – By Nigel Haycock

By NigelH

I have to be honest that until now I didn't know that Mamiya made 35mm Rangefinders. I saw this one by chance and was intrigued enough to act on whim, paying at the upper end o...

28 September, 2019

Kodak ColorPlus 200 on Nikomat FTN – Colour Negative Photography on the Cheap – By Tom Sheppard

By Tom Sheppard

Kodak ColorPlus 200 must be one of the cheapest colour negative films available at the present time, and the Nikomat/Nikkormat FTN one of the cheapest of the used SLR market off...

27 September, 2019

Nikonos V Review – Cycling with and shooting on Dry Land – Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

If nothing else, Japan where I make my home, is wet. The rainy season lasts from mid-June to the end of July, typhoons regularly lash the archipelago from August to October, and...

26 September, 2019

Revisiting Bremen Ports – by Christian Schroeder

By Christian Schroeder

In this article, I am going to tell the story how I was revisiting Bremen ports. As I stated in my first piece about this place, I felt a strong desire to return. This came true...

25 September, 2019

5 Frames in My Garden with a Minolta XD-11 and Ilford HP5 ISO 400 – by Kate Johnson

By Kate Johnson

This series of B&W flowers helped me to discover the beauty of Ilford HP5. Everyone raved about it, but I seemed to be missing the point. However, recently I was ‘forced’ to use...

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