Photography Archives

13 January, 2026

5 Frames with a classic SLR – Why I Chose the Nikon FE

By Ronald Lips

I recently purchased a Nikon FE analog camera with a 50mm lens. Here’s the story behind it. So I decided to buy a new camera. You’d wonder why. Do I not own enough cameras as it...

12 January, 2026

I don’t shoot portraits – A one shot story

By Jonathan Murray

For most of my life as a photographer, I avoided portraits—especially of people I didn’t know. The idea of intruding, of asking permission to study someone closely, always felt ...

10 January, 2026

Ceci N’Est Pas Une Junior (or, Cognitive Dissonance – Part Two)

By Andrea Monti

I took this photo last November while exploring a less touristy area of Tokyo: Ikebukuro. I went there hoping to see a limited edition Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, which was ...

10 January, 2026

Pussy Riot live from the Police State!

By Scott Ferguson

ADVISORY: This post expresses political opinions that are not necessarily shared or endorsed by 35mmc or its content moderators, or for that matter, Pussy Riot, who are more th...

8 January, 2026

5 Frames with the CONTAX Tix APS-Film Camera with Carl Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/28mm T*

By Walter Reumkens

A rather unknown camera legend, not a T1, not a T2 or Tv/s. Not TRI-X but CONTAX Tix from Kyocera! With a Carl Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/28mm T* lens, autofocus from 1997 for Advanced Ph...

7 January, 2026

Georgia – Echoes of a Timeless Land

By Alex Efthimiou

Georgia, a country at the verge of Europe bordering Asia located on the South of the infamous Caucasus mountains. Travelling through the country of Georgia I felt warm hospitali...

7 January, 2026

Rural Landscape

By Andrea Darra

About three years ago, after having lived on the outskirts of Verona for many years, my landlord decided against renewing my lease. It was August, and my family and I had until ...

6 January, 2026

Mismatched Reality or Advertising Stunt? (or: Cognitive Dissonance — Part I)

By Andrea Monti

In advertising, sometimes, disregard for reality is a deliberate choice because the aim is to pique the viewer’s curiosity no matter what. At other times, though, it is th...

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Ibraar Hussain on Interview with Maurício and Hugo from Olympus Passion Magazine. For lovers of all things Olympus & OM Digital
That’s that’s why Hugo and Mauricio should be given much support Even if OM digital goes under - Olympus and…
Ibraar Hussain on My Doubts about Film Photography
Heheh!!!! Always a way around those issues! But I find that people tend to neglect AF SLR’s assuming Film needs…
Walter Reumkens on My Doubts about Film Photography
My humble opinion on Peter Hujar and "banging your fist against the wall". In my first photography course in the…

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