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Indoor Training -Helicopter rescue with winch

28 October, 2025

Unique Mountain Rescue Training Hall near Munich – and my Ricoh GR III Impressions

By Jens

28 October, 2025

/ Ricoh GRiii, /

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As both a physician and an enthusiastic amateur photographer, my visit in May 2025 to the training hall of the mountain rescue service in Bad Tölz/Gaißach, about 50 km south of Munich in Germany, was an unforgettable highlight. The continuing medi...

Featured image of Canon AE-1 Program

28 October, 2025

My Introduction to Fillm Photography

By Randy Castillo

28 October, 2025

/ Finding Film Photography, /

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My introduction into photography began many years ago around 2015 or 2016 with a Sony digital a5000. A small compact APS-C camera I purchased from Best Buy for a whopping $400! Around this time, I knew nothing about photography. Absolutely nothing...

28 October, 2025

There’s more to the garden than the BBQ – A tale of four cameras and a deadly ladder.

By Simon Bohrsmann

28 October, 2025

/ Flora Photograpy, /

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Don’t get me wrong, I love my BBQ. In the summer it smokes and sizzles with all kinds of marinated goodies getting a good char. But a garden needs cheer as well, and that comes from the erratically planted plants which can be divided into ed...

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Boy looking at bubble

8 October, 2024

Breaking the Bank for a Bubble — A One-Shot Story

By David Smith

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” — Leo Tolstoy My photographic journey is yet to take me to Iceland or the game parks of Namibia. In my Lightroom folders,...

8 October, 2024

“A day in the life of a” – 83 and counting

By rd

A few years ago, I set about putting together a project that encompassed the everyday lives of creatives that live and work by the Cornish coast. At the time of the projects con...

7 October, 2024

Sekonic Twinmate L-208 – A very versatile little light meter

By Hamish Gill

This is a review of the Sekonic Twinmate L-208. A small reflective and incident reading light meter with a design and user interface that harks back to traditional light meters....

Zeiss Ikon SW

7 October, 2024

Zeiss Ikon SW – First Impressions of this “blind” camera

By Sasha Tsyrlin

When the Zeiss Ikon SW showed up on my doorstep a couple of weeks ago I was already well versed in “blind” M or LTM mount cameras. The “blind” term refers to a Leica body withou...

Corner flag view of the pitch

6 October, 2024

The FA Cup: Capturing the Magic Through Film

By David Priestley

The FA Cup isn’t just another football tournament – it’s a story filled with history, dreams, and unforgettable moments. As the oldest football cup in the world, it ...

A digital-infrared photo of maple leaves colorized to depict the coming of fall.

5 October, 2024

Autumn Emerging – One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

In September, 35mmc contributor SKLBA posted an excellent review of the quirky, 21-year-old Sony Cybershot DSC-F828 bridge digital. Since I don’t see a way to include photos in ...

5 October, 2024

Elegy in a Country Churchyard

By Steviemac

Sometimes in life, we may be fortunate enough to stumble upon a place which delights the senses, quickens our imagination, and yet soothes the soul at the same time. One such a ...

4 October, 2024

From Negative to Positive in Colour – My Experience & Workflow

By Tony Warren

A method for inverting colour negatives in software.

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