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25 July, 2021

Caffenol for Breakfast – My First Experiments with Homemade Developer – By Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

I had never really pursued caffenol seriously because some of the first examples photos I had seen were less than impressive. Frankly, the "unpredictable flaws in film are cool...

20 July, 2021

16mm Film – Shooting Subminature Film in 2021 – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

The best camera is the one you have with you. Now we have camera phones that fit in our pockets: back in the 1950s cameras were larger and were made of materials that were compa...

15 July, 2021

How I Loaded and Shot a Univex Mercury with 35mm Kodak Ektar 100 – by Stuart Jenkins

By Stuart Jenkins

Universal Camera Corporation launched their Univex Mercury CC model in 1938, along with their proprietary #200 series films. It's basically 35mm film, but on an open roll. The m...

28 June, 2021

Developing Slide Film – Not for the Faint Hearted – by Laura Cogan

By Laura Cogan

This will be a mish mash of part review, tutorial and warning to all mankind about the perils of developing slide film. I have a love-hate relationship with colour film of late...

31 May, 2021

Colour Theory for Black and White Photography Part 1: Digital and Analogue Filters – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

A black and white photograph "translates" the colours of the original scene into shades of grey. This "translation" or conversion is done by the film (in film photography), or b...

27 May, 2021

APS Film in 2021 – A Guide to Shooting, Developing and Scanning – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

My dad has always been a bit of a hoarder. However, there comes a point where even a 93 year-old has a clear out of old magazines. I think he was able to do this because he didn...

20 May, 2021

Making Dreamscapes by Developing Film at 30 Degrees – By Tyrell McBride

By Tyrell McBride

Let me just start off by saying that there is no real instruction manual on how to do this, and if you do try this method, on your own head be it... Since I started my journey ...

18 May, 2021

NFTs…? – Can You Sell Analog/Vintage Camera Photos on a Blockchain? – By ‘Pixels and Grain’

By Pixels and Grain Photography Collective

Ok ok – we get it. As long-time 35mmc readers and occasional authors, we know it’s pretty rare to see the word “blockchain” on here – and for good reason. Hear us out though:...

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