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

Today's Posts

20 November, 2025

5 Frames with a Braun Super Paxette using Dragon No.1 film

By Alastair Bell

20 November, 2025

/ braun Rangefinder, Braun Super Paxette, rangefinder camera, /

Latest Posts

16 September, 2025

One Shot Story – Resilience

By Tim Piscitelli

The year is 1938. It is 9 years into the Great Depression and my grandparents were a young couple with 3 children. Neither came from families that could offer anything in the ...

16 September, 2025

A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200

By Bob Janes

Pentax Spotmatic F / Kentmere Pan 200 / Fomadon R09 Camera and lenses: The Spotmatic F is a true classic. When I reviewed the camera here, I didn’t fit the lovely little 2...

15 September, 2025

5 Frames to Overcome My Fear of Flying (With Film)

By Gordon Ownby

Shooting film or digital is usually a what-am-I-in-the-mood-for kind of thing and when vacationing abroad, my usual impulse is to bring along a film camera. So a planned 2024 t...

15 September, 2025

Ansco Titan – A Stylish 6×6 120 Folder

By Dave Powell

Meet the Ansco Titan – a sleek 120 folder dressed for a formal Art-Deco ball! I don’t think it’s been reviewed on 35mmc, so here goes… Born in 1948 (abou...

14 September, 2025

My DIY Analog Journey

By Adrien Grelet

I’m Adrien, a french DIY and technical stuff enthusiast. For many years (since I’m 3, I guess), I have really liked to experiment with new things, undertaking a lot ...

14 September, 2025

Human Photography – My Definition and my Work

By Alexandre Kreisman

You might ask is what Human Photography or even what does it mean! It’s both simple and a bit complicated, as things always are with me… Let me take you back a coupl...

13 September, 2025

5 Frames at a Farmers’ Market and a Nikkor 105mm f1.8

By Dave Lynagh

Farmers’ markets can be an important tool to help evaluate the usability of a lens. There are textures, colors, light, and shadows in abundance. The farmers’ market I visited th...

13 September, 2025

Master of Splatter

By Andrea Monti

One midsummer’s night in San Benedetto del Tronto, a small town on the Adriatic coast, I attended a live concert by Claudio Simonetti, a living legend among Italian horror...

Support 35mmc

There are two ways to contribute to 35mmc and experience it without the adverts:

Paid Subscription – £2.99 per month and you’ll never see an advert again! (Free 3-day trial).
If you think £2.99 a month is too little, then please subscribe and I can manually edit the subscription value for you – thank you very much in advance if this is what you would like to do!

Subscribe here.

Content contributor – become a part of the world’s biggest film and alternative photography community blog. All our Contributors have an ad-free experience for life.

Make a donation – If you would simply like to support Hamish Gill and 35mmc financially, you can also do so via ko-fi

Donate to 35mmc here.

Paul Quellin on What Lurks Behind These Leaves? – One-Shot Story
A really lovely photograph Dave. A door provides a sense of intrigue in a photograph anyway, so partially cover it…
Loïc Bourgeois on My Square Story – Making my own 24×24 35mm Cameras
Hello! Loved your photos and your amazing work! It's actually pretty funny because I had nearly the exact same idea…
Scott Ferguson on A new old lens at No Kings Day protests
Alabama! I love your connection to another era of protests, but also evidence that the spirit of free speech and…

Photography & Projects

Looking for some inspiration, or just want to flick through the project work and photos?

Reviews & Experiences

If you're looking for photography equipment and peripheral reviews, this is the place to start!

Theory & Reflections

If you're looking for photography equipment and peripheral reviews, this is the place to start!

Tutorials & Knowhow

If you want to learn or discover a new technique, build on your skills, or be inspired to have a go at a bit of DIY or camera modification, then you’re in the right place.

Contribute to 35mmc