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10 December, 2025

Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135/4 – A Demanding Use Case

By Andrea Monti

10 December, 2025

/ Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135/4, /

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For shooting Rossini’s The Barber of Seville at Teatro Marrucino, I took a Carl Zeiss Jena 135/4 lens as a backup for long shots. Master Adriano Lolli replaced the original Contax mount with a Fuji X mount, saving me from the inconvenience o...

10 December, 2025

Predator Or Vampire: A Revision of Mozart’s Don Giovanni

By Andrea Monti

10 December, 2025

/ Fuji X-T5, Stage Performance Photography, /

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Yesterday night I was on the (back)stage of Teatro Marrucino for the premiere of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, as always in my capacity of official photographer, with the goal of documenting the event for the theatre’s photographic library. I have ...

Singapore's Tiong Bahru Neighborhood

10 December, 2025

A Stroll Through Singapore’s Tiong Bahru Neighborhood with a roll of Kodak Double-X

By Danai

10 December, 2025

/ Contax T, Kodak Double-X, travel photography, /

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It was the last day of my trip to Singapore for a conference, and I was hoping to make the most of it photographically. After being stuck indoors for the past couple of days, I was eager to get out and explore. I’ve visited Singapore many times an...

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13 October, 2025

Fujica AZ-1 Review – A Swansong for M42?

By Bob Janes

Fujica didn’t make a lot of interchangeable mount 35mm SLRs, but they did make some interesting ones. From 1970, with the introduction of the ST701, they produced a series of mo...

13 October, 2025

Mr. Ding Pactcron 35mm f/1.8 Review

By vincentbihler

Mr. Ding might be one of the most discreet lens makers today, rarely releasing products under his own brand. Still, he’s the mind behind several lenses sold through other distri...

12 October, 2025

Portrait Photography – How I Approached Strangers at a Wedding

By Alexandre Kreisman

Last year, I was invited to a wedding, where I knew about 10 people out of the 130 plus guests. Unfortunately, they were working, so I was alone amongst a lot of people who were...

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12 October, 2025

Florence on film

By David Smith

When I was nineteen, I dreamed of becoming a professional cyclist. Although, I was living in Northern Ontario, where the winters are long, I spent the short summers riding for h...

11 October, 2025

5 Frames with the Contax TVS, Kono! Art 100 and a Baltic Marina

By Jens

Some trips are like good coffee: strong, slightly bitter, and they wake you up to reality – or at least to the view. My August 2023 jaunt to the Baltic coast – Travemünde, Laboe...

11 October, 2025

Kodak Ektachrome E100 on Holidays in 2025.

By David Hume

The purpose of this article is to lay to rest my nagging question as to whether there’s any point in me shooting slide film for holiday snaps in 2025. Spoiler alert – my answer ...

10 October, 2025

Minox 35 EL review – The Original Minox 35

By Bob Janes

Forty-one years ago, I borrowed this very Minox 35 EL from my father for a trip to Zaragossa. When I came back and had the film developed, I was quite blown away by the quality ...

10 October, 2025

One By Four – A One Shot Story told by four photographers – Part 1

By Scott Ferguson

First, I’d like to thank my fellow 35mmc contributors David Pauley, David Hume and Dean Lawrence for having the temerity to quadruple down on the idea of a dialogue-driven post ...

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Murat on Voigtländer 35mm f/2.5 Color Skopar Review – by Theo Wiersema
I love that lens i have some shots on my webpage the black and white ones but all shot on…
JC on Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135/4 – A Demanding Use Case
The CZJ Sonnar is one of the best telephoto lenses i've ever used. I use it on Contax RTS or…
Danai on A Stroll Through Singapore’s Tiong Bahru Neighborhood with a roll of Kodak Double-X
Thank you for the kind words. I love how with film the quality is much less dependent on the camera…

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