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10 April, 2026

One from the first roll

By Gary Smith

10 April, 2026

/ Rolleiflex 3.5B, /

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23 September, 2017

Hawkesmill Borough Leather Camera Strap Review

By Hamish Gill

The Hawksmill Borough Leather Camera Strap is an adjustable length riveted Horween leather camera strap. It's soft, strong, and (at its longest) really quite long...

21 September, 2017

5 Frames with an Olympus OM-1 with Zuiko 50mm/1.8 – by Toni Skokovic

By Toni Skokovic

Quite often, the most mundane locations offer up magic. When we get the timing right, we just need to look more carefully. In Toronto, alleyways allow garage access without taki...

19 September, 2017

5 Frames with a Pentax ME Super – by Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

I found my first Pentax Me Super in a local charity shop for £15 and fell in love with its super compact form. Being the pathetic aesthete that I am, I decided that I also wante...

17 September, 2017

Finding my way in photography Part 2 – My first steps shooting film – Guest Post by Nick Holt

By Nick

In my first post I took a look back at a couple of years snapping away with my Ricoh GR digital camera. I submitted that post to 35mmc as it was around the time I had decided to...

16 September, 2017

Voigtlander 50mm 3.5 VM Heliar – a review of two halves

By Hamish Gill

The Voigtlander f/3.5 50mm VM Heliar is a unusual lens that appears to me to have a fairly quiet, but almost invariably positive reputation. There isn’t a huge amount writ...

15 September, 2017

5 frames with a Leica M4-P + 35mm Summilux by Marco North

By Marco North

The Leica M4-P is as manual and simple as a rangefinder camera can be. To set my exposures, I use a Sekonic L-758 light meter (being a cinematographer, some habits die hard). My...

14 September, 2017

5 Frames with an Olympus Auto Eye – by Ed Worthington

By Ed Worthington

I foolishly said I wanted to do one of these when I’d had a drink and read Hamish’s tweet about his idea for a new series of articles, then I sobered up and realised I’d better ...

12 September, 2017

5 frames with a Voigtlander Vito B – by Richard Williams

By Richard Williams

A while ago, I picked up a little Voigtlander Vito B in an antique shop in Lichfield. I wasn’t really looking for another camera, but that’s so often the way when you find a gem...

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