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15 January, 2024

Olympus Camedia C2020Z – Vintage Digital/Antique Shop “Jankuary’ Find – 2MP from 1999.

By Eric

I saw the Jankuary posts and I wanted in. Backstory. A while ago I found out about an Antique Store not far from me. The signage is on the nose. I was told by two friends (Guill...

15 January, 2024

Polaroid SX-70 – An Early Experience Shooting a Pack of Colour film at Pollock Light Rock

By Dylan Thissen

One particularly stressful Saturday I planned to go for a short hike with a couple of close friends, as you do. And climb a big rock. The plan was to bring ourselves, some food ...

12 January, 2024

Breaking Out A 19-Year Old Digicam for ‘Jankuary’: The 4MP Olympus FE-100

By Molly Kate

Upon receiving Azriel Knight’s public invitation to participate in “Jankuary” here on 35mmc, I couldn’t wait to sift through my camera collection to f...

10 January, 2024

Pentax Optio S12 – Jankuary Camera that Meows

By Hamish Gill

I thought I would kick of my Jankuary experiences with a cheap as chips Pentax digital point & shoot – or as they are called these days – digicam. Before I say a...

10 January, 2024

Agfa Super Silette Automatic Review

By Tony Warren

The subject of this review is an Agfa camera introduced at the end of the 1950s Silette range, the Agfa Super Silette Automatic, one of Agfa’s last, traditionally built, ...

8 January, 2024

Kodak Verichrome Pan – Adventures Shooting a Roll of Film from 1976

By Eric Norris

Ah, old film. A classic tale of unfilled potential, of a product brought back from near-death to (maybe) finally have its day in the sun. Expired, yes. Dead … not yet. I h...

8 January, 2024

NONS Instant back review

By David Hume

The overview After shooting 30 frames in my Hasselblad 503 CX with the NONS Instant back I stopped thinking about the back at all and simply thought about making images. In othe...

5 January, 2024

Fujifilm Finepix S3100 – Kicking off Jankuary

By Azriel Knight

I thought the best way to kick off Jankuary would be to start at the beginning of my photography journey…well, not quite the absolute beginning, otherwise I’d be b...

Chris Davenport on Finding the Best 126 Cartridge Camera – Part I
Good news for you... FPP just announced they are carrying 127 film. A couple years ago I bought about 20…
Chris Davenport on Finding the Best 126 Cartridge Camera – Part I
You might be surprised at its results. Loading FPP reload stock can be a chore (but not hard) . My…
Jim Palmer on Finding the Best 126 Cartridge Camera – Part I
It's been many decades since I shot an Instamatic. I now work (volunteer) at the Camera Heritage Museum in Staunton,…

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