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27 September, 2024

Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 Pancake Lens Review and Indigogo Launch

By Hamish Gill

27 September, 2024

/ 28mm Lens, Mirrorless Lens, Viltrox 28mm f/4.5, Wide-Angle Lens, /

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30 October, 2021

The Field of Flags – by Simon King

By Simon

The Field of Flags was a temporary monument, an installation along the National Mall during the 59th Presidential Inauguration in January 2021. Although it was heavily off limit...

29 October, 2021

“Blur is a Part of Life” – A Collaborative Project

By Sroyon

When asked if blur in photographs is undesirable because it obscures what is there, William Klein disagreed: "If you look carefully at life, you see blur. Shake your hand. Blur ...

28 October, 2021

An Experiment with Sprocket-Hole Panoramas – By Joris Koolen

By Joris

As a relatively new amateur photographer, I settled quite quickly into a default process. I have a favourite film in a preferred format that I develop with my process of choice....

27 October, 2021

Photography through the Pandemic Book – Kickstarter is Live!

By Holly Gilman

The Kickstarter is live! You can now support 35mmc with it’s first ever book - Photography through the Pandemic!

27 October, 2021

Ensign Selfix 820 with One Roll of Fomapan 100 – by Steve Phillips

By Steve Phillips

A year ago, on holiday in Cornwall, I took a box camera with me on a coastal walk, and published the results here. One year on, and a camera or two later, here we go again. This...

26 October, 2021

Minolta AF Reflex 500 Review – Letting the Cat Out of the Bag – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

This article is mainly a review of an unusual lens - Minolta AF Reflex 500 – one of the few Autofocusing Catadioptric lenses to be made. I also have a Korean-made manual focus ‘...

25 October, 2021

Contrast and Tonality Part 2: The Curves Tool, and What We Talk About When We Talk About Contrast – By Sroyon

By Sroyon

In Part 1 of this three-part series, I used histograms of famous photographs to introduce some fundamental ideas about contrast and tonality. In this part I’ll talk about ...

24 October, 2021

The Hyde Park South Carriage Drive Manège – by Simon King

By Simon

Early this year, in February, I stepped out of travel quarantine and into a cold, mostly empty city, and spent a lot of my time searching for a space to allocate my time. I need...

Stewart Waller on CLACK! 5 Frames with a Very Simple Agfa 120 Box Camera – By Stewart Waller
Thank you so much! It's a very cool box camera. I hope you enjoy using it!
Jeffery Luhn on CLACK! 5 Frames with a Very Simple Agfa 120 Box Camera – By Stewart Waller
Stewart, Great article! I just got a Clack for my birthday, and your article has inspired me to use it!…
Russ Rosener on A creative approach to zone focusing with superfast manual lenses and mirrorless cameras in street photography
I can't wait to check out this feature for Nikon. I recently got a used D800 and love the clean…

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