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27 November, 2023

Mr.Ding Noxlux 50mm f1.1 review – by Vincent Bihler

By vincentbihler

Fast 50mm lenses offering for Leica M mount has flourished these recent years with the appearing of Chinese lens manufacturers. A lot of them have proven to be very nicely made ...

26 November, 2023

Some Cool Books for 35mmc Readers (Part 1)

By Dave Powell

Over the decades, my “photography-book GAS” filled a floor-to-ceiling bookcase. But I’ve gradually weeded it back to just one 35-inch shelf of my favorite v...

24 November, 2023

Huaxia 822 – Jumping into the Analog Deep End – My First Foray into Film

By Darren Fielding

To kind of half-quote my favourite TV show: You best put seatbelts on your eyes Roy, because I’m about to write a long article. ( If you know which show I’m quoting,...

23 November, 2023

Pentax SF1n, Pentax-A 35-135mm and Kodak Vision 3 250D – My Personal Recipe for Photographic Nirvana

By Alex Gridenko

Whether you suffer from GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) or enjoy it, be aware that reading 35mmc.com will most certainly fuel it! So far, I have bought two cameras based on revi...

21 November, 2023

BERGGER Pancro 400 – Small Scenes Up a Mountain in Seoul

By Graeme Hamilton

The metropolis of Seoul spills through the valleys of the surrounding mountain peaks. The effect is that of a spider-webbing lake of brick, glass and steel punctuated by dark up...

20 November, 2023

Great Wall DF4 / Export – The beauty of simplicity.

By sklba

While the wizardry of modern cameras has reduced a once mighty concept to little more than a phone option variance, there’s something to be said about stepping away from ...

17 November, 2023

Mint InstantFlex TL70 Plus Instax Square TLR Review

By Hamish Gill

If you asked me to list my favourite types of cameras from most to least favourite, two types of camera that definitely wouldn’t be near the top would be instant cameras ...

13 November, 2023

Kodak-Anastigmat Ektar 5cm f/3.5 – Retina Lens Mini Review

By Agata Urbaniak

The proliferation of mirrorless cameras paved the way for a rapid increase in vintage lens usage on digital. An average camera nowadays can, without much hassle, support practic...

Thomas Wolstenholme on Converting Colour and B&W Film Negs – an Evolution
Thank you for this article. I will re-read it several more times and likely also file it. It has given…
Martin on Converting Colour and B&W Film Negs – an Evolution
Or as the scholastics used to say: De gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum ;) (you can't argue over tastes…
Jeffery Luhn on Converting Colour and B&W Film Negs – an Evolution
Marco, Thanks for your simplified approach to the color negative conversion task. I don't normally shoot color film, but I…

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