35mmc - Photography Blog - Reviews, Theory, Reflections, Tutorials, Knowhow and Photography Experiences.

18 September, 2024

5 Frames with a Retinette 1B and Lomochrome Metropolis – Patina at Lullingstone Castle

By Peter Roberts

Situated in the Darenth Valley in north-west Kent Lullingstone Castle is a rare survivor, a manor house and grounds that have remained in the same family for centuries, since 14...

18 September, 2024

Chinon Auto 3501 – Ugly, Noisy and Quite Capable

By Keith Drysdale

A Lucky Find in a Antiques Shop It is rare for us to be able to get away for a few days break, but we managed to escape to Moffat in South West Scotland and to record the occasi...

17 September, 2024

The Director – A One Shot Story

By John Greene

Back in 1988 I was trying out my new Mamiya C330s TLR camera loaded with Ilford XP1 film at the Pier Head in Liverpool. I stumbled across a film crew on the roof terrace of a bu...

16 September, 2024

Jagglé – Introducing my Daylight Enlarger

By Wicher van Lambalgen

First, let me introduce myself; I am a mechanical design engineer and amateur photographer living in Potsdam, Germany. I’m 32 years old and have grown up around cameras, ...

16 September, 2024

Nikon 500mm Mirror Lens – The short fat cheap deal!

By Jeffery Luhn

I bought a used 500mm mirror lens in 1975 when I was shooting for United Press International. It was the longest focal length in the smallest form factor available at the time. ...

15 September, 2024

5 Frames with A Few Minolta X-300s

By Cameron Scott

A gift for my twenty-first birthday, my old Praktica SLR had been hiding up in the attic for many years. I would occasionally fire the shutter a few times just to hear that reas...

2 boys in winter jackets standing by a pond in the snow.

14 September, 2024

5 Digital Frames Transferred to Film (An Experiment)

By Asher Curri

This camera shoots unlimited film photos! Has become a popular click bait title in the YouTube photography space. These creators are attempting to capitalize on a widespread des...

13 September, 2024

Weegee Returns – A photographic tribute to a legendary cult photographer!

By Jeffery Luhn

Once upon a time in a wild and dangerous city, there lived a bold and fearless photographer. He roamed the inky black night of America’s most populated and crime-ridden c...

Scott Ferguson on Marilyn Monroe in Banff – A Zero Shot Story
Thanks David! This was a little more of a reflective piece, for me about the confluence of photography and memory,…
Richard Arbib on Film Camera Zen – Book Review
Update, on March 8, 2025. Although I just posted recently saying I would not buy the book because I was…
Gary Smith on Bergger PMK Pyro B&W developer Review
Seems you like to experiment.

Contribute to 35mmc