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9 December, 2025
Some thoughts on Sourcing Vintage Cameras and Lenses
Image from a listing of the Voigtländer Vitoret 110 EL How many different ways are there to source a vintage camera or lens? While there are more than just these five, I will ju...
9 December, 2025
Ceci n’est pas une pipe – My Photo of the Year 2025
First of all, I really don’t like it when people ask me what my favourite thing is in any category. I dread when I have to answer what my favorite food is, my top 1 movie ...
9 December, 2025
Leica M3 – Becoming an Owner in 2025: Romance, Reality, and a Very Shiny Viewfinder
In 2025, it feels like everyone has an opinion on film photography. For some, it is nostalgia, for others it is a TikTok trend, for a few it is a fully fledged cult. Somewhere b...
8 December, 2025
Kissaten – One Shot Story
When in Japan, Kissaten have soon became my favourite place to rest for a while or for a longer time, waiting for the rain to stop. Unlike Starbucks and other Western or Western...
I am a lifelong Nikon fan and own a variety of Nikon cameras. I have very vivid memories of working in a camera store in the mid-to-late 1970s, where I spent almost 20 years. Th...
7 December, 2025
They were yearning to become a photograph of the year
Ok, drawing from corporate bullshit bingo, this was one of the few calls to action that I was keen on following: Hamish asking 35mmc contributors to submit their single photogra...
7 December, 2025
Departure – My Favourite Photograph of 2025
I shoot a lot of film. As of mid November I’ve exposed 106 rolls of 120 and 35mm film. All in glorious black and white. My approach is normally quite deliberate. I struggle ...
7 December, 2025
5 frames of pulling color film two stops for no good reason
I read plenty about pushing film when I dived into film photography a few years ago: you willingly underexpose your pictures and later compensate in development, leaving the fil...
