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28 December, 2016

My Instagram account(s), and who should I follow?

By Hamish Gill

You might already be aware of my main Instagram account? I post pictures of cameras and use it as a mean to post micro-blogs between posts here on 35mmc. This account used to be...

26 December, 2016

MS-Optics 21mm f/4.5 Perar Review- a tiny, and very eccentric lens

By Hamish Gill

The MS-Optics 21mm f/4.5 Perar is, without a doubt the smallest lens I've ever shot with on a Leica rangefinder. In fact, it's probably one of the smallest full frame lenses eve...

22 December, 2016

County Enterprises at Work

By Hamish Gill

I was recently asked to take some photos for CE, a local small manufacturing and packing company. I shot the whole job on the Leica M9 and Zeiss 50mm ZM Sonnar, so thought I'd s...

17 December, 2016

A few Tips & Tricks for shooting a 35mm point & shoot camera in low light

By Hamish Gill

One subject I didn't touch on in my recent Lomo LC-Wide review was shooting it in low light. I had in mind that I would take it around the local Christmas Fayre, and having a go...

14 December, 2016

Leica M6 – In Praise of the Classic- by Hokari57

By hokari57

Simply put, It's my opinion that the Leica M6 is the best of the film M bodies that you can hope to shoot with. How I came to realize this only took me a MP, a M3 and a M4 to sh...

11 December, 2016

Ricoh GR1 – will it dethrone my Olympus XA2? – by Frank Lehnen

By Frank Lehnen

Since this morning, I'm the proud owner of a Ricoh GR1. I've really longed to try this camera out, so I thought I would try to give a day by day report or review of my early exp...

5 December, 2016

Loading a 120 film camera with a pair of 3D printed 35mm film adapters

By Hamish Gill

I've just loaded my Lubitel 166b 120 6x6 format film camera with a roll of 35mm film... so thought I'd write a quick post to demonstrate how.

4 December, 2016

Pushing Tri-X To 3200, Or Shooting A Concert On Film – Guest Post by Aukje

By Aukje

A friend of mine is a guitarist in a band, and when they play I enjoy photographing their performance. So far I have been covering that with my digital camera, as it feels safer...

Kodachromeguy on L.D. Meter from CHI Review – A shoe mount light meter with a useful little laser.
I'm glad to see so many innovative light meters coming on the market. A problem for me is the tiny…
David Pauley on Don’t Take It So Seriously – Putting the Funny Back Into Photography
Hi David, I was away when this article posted and have just now read it. Yes, I am smiling! Your…
Gary Smith on One Negroni, One Shot, One Story
Usually I drink ale or cider. I have Scotch, Irish and Bourbon in the cupboard along with some Cognac, Grand…

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