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20 April, 2026

News and Preview: Viltrox Announces 35mm 1.8 & 55mm 1.8 EVO lenses in Sony FE and Nikon Z mount

By Hamish Gill

20 April, 2026

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8 April, 2026

Continuously Resizable DIY Photo Frames? Really?

By Dave Powell

Yes really! Have you ever wanted a picture frame that is easily adjusted across a range of photo/art sizes? One that can even form itself to non-standard aspect ratios? If so, r...

7 April, 2026

Breaking Through – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

This is one of the photos I took while courtside at a women’s handball match between the Italian and Bosnian national teams. I was there as part of the sports photography semina...

7 April, 2026

Kodak Gold 200 – Photographing Museums

By Martin H

After finishing a roll of Kodak ColorPlus 200, I decided to try another Kodak classic: Kodak Gold 200. The film was developed by bildskanning.com, and digitized using a Valoi ea...

6 April, 2026

MonsterAdapter LA-FZ1 – Review Overview & Introduction

By Hamish Gill

This is an introduction post to what I intend to be an ongoing series detailing the MonsterAdapter LA-FZ1 – an adapter that allows screw drive Nikon AF lenses to be used o...

6 April, 2026

MonsterAdapter LA-FZ1 (v1.2 firmware) & Nikon 180mm 2.8 AF

By Hamish Gill

This is my first follow up article to my MonsterAdapterLA-FZ1 overview/review article here, as well as my wider Monster LA-FZ1 experiences. As I said in that article, I currentl...

6 April, 2026

Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” – Introduction

By Scott Ferguson

For reasons I may not be able to fully explain (even to myself), but many 35mmc regular readers and contributors will understand, I own four different Leica 50mm lenses. Leica ...

5 April, 2026

Nikon FM2N & Nikkor 16mm – A Fisheye in French Canada

By Leo Lukens

In 2025 I was fortunate enough to travel quite a bit. A Nikon was with me for almost all of those adventures. In March, my girlfriend and I spent a week and a half in Florence, ...

4 April, 2026

If Trains Could Talk

By Scott Peterson

There’s something timeless about trains. Maybe it’s the scale—the sheer size of a locomotive—or maybe it’s how they’ve always been there, quietly shaping our lives and landscape...

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Charles Young on Fed-2 Soviet Rangefinder Review (with a little nod to Cameraburo)
For exposure with the Fed 2, I use a selenium light meter. Works plenty good and doesn't need batteries.
Charles Young on Fed-2 Soviet Rangefinder Review (with a little nod to Cameraburo)
Hamish: I agree. The Fed 2 is a great value. (My other Russian cameras are a Fed 3 and a…
Omar Tibi on Fed-2 Soviet Rangefinder Review (with a little nod to Cameraburo)
Nicely reviewed Hamish! The FED-2 is one of the most beautiful Soviet cameras out there; I'm more partial to Kiev,…

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