David Pauley, Author at 35mmc

David Pauley

I'm a Brooklyn-based photographer and psychoanalyst. My journey with photography began in middle school in the late 1970s and revived in 2019 when I bought a used film camera and installed a darkroom in my basement. For 2025 I've decided to use just one camera, a Rolleiflex 2.8F, to document the year.

David Pauley's Posts

5 April, 2025

An Unexpected Trip Home with my Rolleiflex 2.8F

By David Pauley

My Rolleiflex 2.8F kept me company on an unexpected trip from NYC back to my hometown in Western Pennsylvania earlier this winter to assist my 95 year old mother after a fall. D...

21 January, 2025

Heads or Tails? My Camera Choice for 2025

By David Pauley

Having sketched out the reasons for my decision to commit to just one camera for the New Year in a previous post, I’ll now walk through the various contenders and reveal m...

21 January, 2025

A New Year’s Resolution: One Camera for 2025

By David Pauley

For the New Year, I am plotting a significant shift in my approach to film photography. Rather than moving from camera to camera, pivoting from 35mm to medium format or even 4&#...

David Pauley on A Leitz Elmar 90mm LTM and a pinch of salt.
Hi Tony -- this is a great review with wonderful pictures! I actually own a copy of that lens, purchased…
Geoff Chaplin on A Leitz Elmar 90mm LTM and a pinch of salt.
Excellent review and images Tony, thanks. If you're looking for more Leitz glass the 135mm is superb and cheap, the…
Paulo Monteiro on ‘Encamisada’ in Vale das Fontes
Thank you very much for your comment. I don't know if the developer I use is commercially available, but ADOX…

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