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5 March, 2026

5 Frames with a Voigtländer Vito B and Ferrania orto 50

By Martin Siegel

When you prepare for shooting in the darkest time of the year, in a place that’s further north than Quebec City people would most likely say ISO 400 minimum and a fast lens. So,...

3 March, 2026

5 Frames with the Mamiya 43mm f/4.5

By Adrian Riu

A lot has been written about this wide-angle lens for the Mamiya 7 and 7II medium format (6 x 7) rangefinder cameras, including here at 35mmc. It’s a non-retrofocal (10 el...

24 February, 2026

5 Frames with a Nikonos V and Rollei 400 Infrared film in the dust of Burning Man 2025

By Thomas Kehr

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to the concept of Burning Man. Maybe it’s from growing up with Mad Max films, maybe it’s a love for Frank Herbert and the Dune nov...

21 February, 2026

5 Frames from a 50mm f1.7 Carl Zeiss Planar T* lens

By Jonas Ranstam

One evening, while scrolling through the second-hand section of online camera shops, I discovered a CONTAX 137 MA with a Carl Zeiss Planar 50 mm f/1.7 T* lens. It had been reduc...

Purchased a lot of cameras- this was the only one of interest to me.

12 February, 2026

5 Frames with a Nikon SP (Super Power)

By Edgar Garcia

Last year I decided to switch from my tried and true Canon AT-1 to the Nikon platform, purchasing an all-black F2. Regrettably 1/500 was off, which was a great disappointment as...

7 February, 2026

5 Frames with the Yashica Minister III

By Walter Reumkens

When the name Yashica appears in 35mmc, it is often in connection with a CONTAX camera, after Zeiss agreed to collaborate with Yashica Kyocera on the construction of Contax SLR ...

4 February, 2026

5 Frames with a Fujifilm X-T5 – Back to Basics Naturally

By Simon Sheldon

I recently bought a new digital camera, a Fujifilm X-T5 and while setting it up on and began to wonder about all the different automatic options. I have never really liked Autof...

1 February, 2026

5 Frames from my Second Home

By Fidel

I’ve been going to my families small farming village in northwestern Spain since I was about five years old. Every summer I’d spend a few months there with my grandparents. I’d ...

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Jens Kotlenga on Lab-Box – A Developing Story in Which a Photographer Tries to Avoid Loading a Paterson Reel But Ends Up Doing it Anyway
Hi there, Richard and Erik, I started off my "career" in B&W lab work as a 12-year-old, using both the…
Gary Smith on Another Man’s Treasure
At 72, I have still not gotten around to attempting a series of related shots as a project. I just…
Gary Smith on 5 Frames with a Voigtländer Vito B and Ferrania orto 50
I have two bodies with Color-Skopars mounted and a third which I purchased in M-mount. It is a good lens…

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