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sunflowers with a sunflare taken on film with a plastic camera

29 December, 2025

Sunflares and Sunflowers – My favorite photo of 2025.

By DeeDee Yelverton

29 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Superheadz White Slim Angel, /

Latest Posts

3 January, 2025

Orwo Wolfen NC500 – Pushed a stop (or 2)

By Matt Murray

I waited a long time to shoot Orwo Wolfen NC500. When I got my hands on a few rolls, I was determined to do something different. I’d already seen plenty of box speed results, wi...

2 January, 2025

A Journey Through Time – Exploring Old Slides of a Rotel Tours African Adventure

By Jens

Recently, I stumbled upon a collection of old slides from the 1980s, depicting a fascinating African journey. Although the individuals captured in these images are unknown to me...

1 January, 2025

TLR under Grey Skies – A response to Geoff’s TLR challenge

By Paul Quellin

For months after I got a Mamiya C220, I struggled with focusing. There were all sorts of possible explanations and I even visited an optician to discuss the issue in detail. Fin...

1 January, 2025

Kodak Single-Element Plastic Meniscus Lens – A Quest for the Primitive, Episode 1: The Worst Lens Ever Produced?

By Jonathan Leavitt

If one accepts that no optical design can ever attain perfection, one should also consider that no lens can be so bad as to be totally useless either. When you think of lenses n...

31 December, 2024

The Most Commented upon Posts Published on 35mmc in 2024

By Hamish Gill

I normally do a post about the top ten most read and most commented upon posts of the year. This year it’s just most commented upon as I have stopped tracking the traffic ...

30 December, 2024

5 Frames TombRaiding with the Minolta 500mm F8 AF REFLEX

By Christian Hogue

I’m a frequent visitor to the Angkor Wat temples and am always looking for something different to shoot the experience on. That combined with an interest in perhaps safar...

30 December, 2024

20 Frames on the Space Coast with Lomochrome Turquoise

By Ben G

In the Spring of 2023, I traveled for work to Coco Beach, Florida, which is situated on some barrier islands. It’s not really a fun trip (though I do love my co-workers) s...

29 December, 2024

A Complicated Relationship With Colour Film

By David Smith

“Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.” — Rainer Maria Rilke I just ...

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Lucky you. The photos are great! I've been re-viewing my home printed photos. First high end camera was Asahi Pentax…
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