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6 April, 2026

Monster Adapter LA-FZ1 – Review Overview & Introduction

By Hamish Gill

6 April, 2026

/ Hamish’s Monster LA-FZ1 experiences, Lens adapter, Lens Adapting & Modification, Monster Adapter LA-FZ1, /

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This is an introduction post to what I intend to be an ongoing series detailing the Monster Adapter LA-FZ1 – an adapter that allows screw drive Nikon AF lenses to be used on Nikon Z-Mount cameras. This post series will collectively form some...

6 April, 2026

Monster Adapter LA-FZ1 (v1.2 firmware) & Nikon 180mm 2.8 AF

By Hamish Gill

6 April, 2026

/ 180mm lens, Hamish’s Monster LA-FZ1 experiences, Lens Adapting & Modification, Monster Adapter LA-FZ1, Nikon 180mm 2.8 AF, SLR lens, Telephoto Lens, /

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This is my first follow up article to my Monster Adapter LA-FZ1 overview/review article here, as well as my wider Monster LA-FZ1 experiences. As I said in that article, I currently have a 8 Nikon AF and AF-D lenses, some of which work better than ...

6 April, 2026

Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” – Introduction

By Scott Ferguson

6 April, 2026

/ Leica 50mm 1.5 Summarit, Leica 50mm Summicron DR, Leica 50mm Summilux, Leica 50mm summitar, Lens Theory, /

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For reasons I may not be able to fully explain (even to myself), but many 35mmc regular readers and contributors will understand, I own four different Leica 50mm lenses. Leica cameras have remained the dominant high end range finder camera throug...

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23 December, 2023

Minolta Dynax 9xi – That difficult second ‘Pro’ AF SLR

By Bob Janes

This is a review of the Minolta Dynax 9xi (aka Minolta Maxxum/Alpha 9xi, hereafter referred to as the Dynax 9xi). It was Minolta’s second ‘professional’ Autofo...

22 December, 2023

NEWS: IUTD Studios Transparent 35mm Film Camera with 28mm Lens Now Available

By Molly Kate

IUTD Studios launched a new 35mm film camera that sets itself apart from others at first glance with one feature, it’s transparent. The inner workings of the ‘To Be Contin...

22 December, 2023

The Whole Roll – Weekend in Northern Quebec

By Rachael

This roll of film was taken in northern Quebec, during a weekend road trip. I had wanted to see Tadoussac for a number of years but had not found time until this summer. I drove...

22 December, 2023

Rene Selection 5207 – Trying out an Incredible film for my #filmstocktryouts project

By Darren Fielding

Being new to film photography and the wonderfully complicated world of film stocks, I decided, like any semi-sane human male would, to dive really deep into the thick of things ...

21 December, 2023

Some Cool Books for 35mmc Readers (Part 2)

By Dave Powell

Part 1 of this article described interesting and useful books about: Film Cameras & Systems Digital Photography & Processes Photographic Arts & Techniques This final...

20 December, 2023

NEWS: The Sustainable Darkroom’s Documentary Shares Eco-Friendly Vision for Photography’s Future

By Molly Kate

A new documentary called “I AM A DARKROOM” explores the philosophy and practices behind The Sustainable Darkroom’s research into ways of reducing the toxic impact of the traditi...

20 December, 2023

5 Frames With a Trip 35 – A Brace of Olympi Pt. 2

By Peter Roberts

Olympus compacts seemed to have been like London buses for a while round our way. No sooner had I caught the XA2 than it was closely followed by a Trip 35 at the same charity sh...

19 December, 2023

NEWS: RETO Releases KODAK Multi-Purpose Camera Strap With Quick-Detach System

By Molly Kate

RETO Production Ltd has brought us a new camera strap, a thick, stylish, multi-coloured, fashionable accessory for holding our beloved cameras secure while out and about. The KO...

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