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Planes in a hanger

13 October, 2025

Wider Isn’t Always Better

By Andrew

13 October, 2025

/ Lens Theory, Rant, /

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A lot of people love wide angle lenses from Garry Winogrand, known for his street photography made with a 28mm lens to Alex Webb, who favors 28 and 35mm lenses to Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden, who is known to shoot almost exclusively with a 28...

13 October, 2025

Fujica AZ-1 Review – A Swansong for M42?

By Bob Janes

13 October, 2025

/ Fujica AZ-1, fujica slr, SLR Camera, /

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Fujica didn’t make a lot of interchangeable mount 35mm SLRs, but they did make some interesting ones. From 1970, with the introduction of the ST701, they produced a series of models in a variant of m42 mount. the 701 (introduced first) was an enth...

13 October, 2025

Mr. Ding Pactcron 35mm f/1.8 Review

By vincentbihler

13 October, 2025

/ 35mm Lens, Mr. Ding Pactcron 35mm, Rangefinder Lens, Wide-Angle Lens, /

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Mr. Ding might be one of the most discreet lens makers today, rarely releasing products under his own brand. Still, he’s the mind behind several lenses sold through other distributors such as Funleader and Artra. After the release of the 50mm f/1....

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4 November, 2019

Mamiya 7 vs. Makina 67 – Spoiler: the Makina Wins

By Hamish Gill

Last summer I finally bought myself one of my dream cameras, the Plaubel Makina 67. You might be wondering what this fact has to do with the Mamiya 7? Well, it all comes down to...

3 November, 2019

5 Frames rediscovering film with a Nikon FE2 – By Shaz

By shazdirector

I haven’t used a 35mm film camera for about 15 years and what a mistake that was. Through my teens and then twenties it was my Nikon FM2 with a 50mm 1.4 that helped me become th...

2 November, 2019

5 Frames with Fomapan 400 “Action” (@ EI1600) – by Simon King

By Simon King

Fomapan is one of those films that I tried early on when I first started shooting film - a gateway option which allowed me to explore the process of a mechanical camera without ...

1 November, 2019

Meeting the Vintage Field Camera Man at the Golden Spike 150th Anniversary – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

The highlight of the sesquicentennial celebration of the transcontinental railroad for me was meeting an amateur photographer toting his vintage field camera. I was honored to b...

1 November, 2019

5 Frames with the Canon SureShot / Autoboy 2 – By Wyatt Ryan

By Wyatt Ryan

Similar to the Olympus XA2, I found the Canon Sure Shot for a measly $10 at an estate sale close to my house. Besides some corroded battery terminals that were easily cleaned ou...

31 October, 2019

5 Frames at an Airshow with the OM-1n and the Zuiko 300mm – By Ed Lara

By Photoedontheweb

The Olympus OM-1 was always my dream camera since I got into photography in seventh grade. It took several more years of borrowing classmates’ cameras and an interlude with a Pe...

30 October, 2019

5 frames with 5 Leicas – by Per Wilhelmsson

By cfperwil

I am honored to be a guest blogger on 35mmc - a blog/webpage that I have been reading for quite some time. When I got the question if I could make a post, I thought of what I sh...

29 October, 2019

5 Frames with a 1950’s Envoy Wide Angle 6×9 – By Paul Elcock

By paul elcock

I’ve been a bit of and old camera junkie for a few years now and I love the challenge of trying out a variety of cameras of all different formats from a 1920 Kodak folding 2A Au...

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