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Image of our prototype light meter watch in front of a camera

12 April, 2026

Why being bad at photography led me to create the world’s first digital ‘light meter watch’

By Richard Soler

12 April, 2026

/ Kickstarter, Light Meter, watch, /

Latest Posts

15 December, 2023

Email links don’t work – please access the website directly

By Hamish Gill

As I reported back mid November, there is an issue with the emails wherein sometimes, if not all the time, links in emails open a blank page. If you are suffering with this issu...

15 December, 2023

Jankuary – Janky Camera January

By Azriel Knight

What is Jankuary? Like an enema for the creative soul, I like to take a little break when November rolls around and from shooting, and from posting on social media. During my ab...

15 December, 2023

Home on Mamiya RB67

By Lubomir Drapal

I didn’t even realize it and two years have passed since I published my first and only article on the 35mmc blog. Even then, at the end of the article about my fascination...

14 December, 2023

Developing film at home for the first time

By Harm van Egmond

Growing up as a Millenial my first experience with photography was of the digital kind. Buying a Nikon D50 with kit lens from the local photography store, I took pictures of my ...

14 December, 2023

Agfa Copex Rapid developed in H&W Control

By Simon Foale

The tantalising mysteries of microfilms (AKA ‘copy’ or ‘document’ films) grabbed my attention almost as soon as I re-entered the world of film a few short years ago, precipitate...

13 December, 2023

5 Frames With an XA2 – A Brace of Olympi, Pt. 1

By Peter Roberts

Love them or hate them, and personally I love them, charity shops (read thrift stores or op shops if you will) have become a ubiquitous feature of most high streets. At their pr...

12 December, 2023

116 Cameras – Shooting Wide Aspect Ratio on a Shoestring

By marco

The standard aspect ratio of 35mm film is 1.5:1 (36mm x 24mm). In contrast, wide aspect negatives range up to the ultra wide, and pricey, Hasselblad XPan, with an aspect ratio o...

11 December, 2023

The Short Telephoto – My Preferred Carry-Everywhere Lens

By Hamish Gill

It’s been a little while since I really began to realise just how much more I favour I hold for a short telephoto lens. Over last summer though it went from being a vague prefer...

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