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18 June, 2025

Fields filled with ruins, cows, trees and boredom

By Julian Tanase

18 June, 2025

/ Ilford Film, ilford HP5+, Nikon F2, /

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No pretence of art. No photographs of high definition, and certainly not the type of photos to put into your portfolio. No great artistic feelings here, and no “nobody understands my work” type of crap. Just some photographs taken during my last t...

18 June, 2025

Spam Attack – Fixed, but a quick warning

By Hamish Gill

18 June, 2025

/ 35mmc News, /

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Just a quick note to some contributors that would have been sent spam comments today… We have just swapped to a new antispam system as I was getting bombarded by spam signups on the website and the old system just wasn’t working any mo...

18 June, 2025

Magnolia – Spring flowers with a Hasselblad and two Leicas

By Scott Ferguson

18 June, 2025

/ Flora Photograpy, /

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There are certain subjects I find myself shooting over and over again, usually because they are a point of interest in some daily or frequent ritual activity. When I’m in Brooklyn, I have many photos of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, b...

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3 July, 2018

5 Frames with a Leica M6 and Fuji Pro 400H – By Khalid Ibrahim

By eatpomegranate

This photo story starts with my badass 85 year old grandmother who has been flying around the world to visit her kids. She spent 6 months in London with my uncle and aunt, then ...

1 July, 2018

35mm Accessory Viewfinder for the Budget Conscious / The Wonders of 3D Printing

By Hamish Gill

In the last few years there seems to have been loads of innovation around the democratisation of manufacturing, with 3D printing being - at least to me - almost the poster-boy f...

30 June, 2018

Zeiss Ikonta 524/2 review – Slow the working down – By Oliver Clarke

By Oliver

I recently discovered this beautiful Ikonta 524/2 in a box at my parents’ house. At first I dismissed it, as I thought it would be too much hassle finding /re-spooling the right...

29 June, 2018

5 frames with a Konica C35 – by Dale Willetts

By Dale Willetts

As I said when I wrote about the Zorki 4K, I have a lot of cameras. Some have never been used, some see occasional use and some are used regularly. This time I'm writing about o...

28 June, 2018

5 Frames With a Minolta Dynax 800Si – By Simon Forster

By Simon Forster

I’m predominantly a digital shooter with adapted older manual focus lenses, but as I grew up with film, I’ve never quite let it go. Whilst I’ve used a large number of old lenses...

27 June, 2018

Olympus Mju II Zoom 80 Panorama Review – by Ken Hindle-May

By Ken Hindle-May

A Sunday morning. A tabletop sale. An Olympus camera case catches my eye. It’s about the right size and shape. I sidle over, pick it up. Act casual, act casual. I open it and…it...

26 June, 2018

Shooting a Polaroid 195 in Sudan – By Carlos Albisu

By carlos

The Polaroid 195 manual describes the camera as extremely versatile, and mine has proved to be. It has travelled to many distant places, Sudan, Philippines, Turkey, Hong Kong… a...

24 June, 2018

Panasonic GH2 and 25mm f/1.7 – A new camera for the vlog

By Hamish Gill

I recently started vlogging via my Patreon page, and in doing so found myself with a need for a camera, microphone and screen set up that allowed me decent quality without break...

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