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16 October, 2025

The Rover returns – A one shot story

By Paul Quellin

16 October, 2025

/ automotive photography, Ilford Film, Ilford Ortho Plus, Mamiya C220, /

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As an impressionable thirteen year old, the new Rover P6 3500 S driven by Dave, one of my snorkelling instructors, had me transfixed. The smart Rover ferried a few of us to a location in North Wales for our open water test. Dave had surreptitiousl...

16 October, 2025

Cinevilla in Black and White: Shooting the Nikon FE2, 28mm f/2.8 AIS, and Kodak 400TX in Latvia’s open-air film studio

By Felix Flores Rodriguez

16 October, 2025

/ Kodak Film, Kodak Tri-X, Nikon FE2, /

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Photography as an art form has been around since 1826 or 1827. Nicephore Niépce used heliography with a pewter plate coated in bitumen. The development process took around 8 hours to complete. The daguerreotype was introduced in 1839 by Louis Dagu...

16 October, 2025

5 Frames with Kentmere 400 along Portugal’s coastline

By Vincent Botton

16 October, 2025

/ Kentmere 400, Kentmere Film, Voigtlander Bessa R4a, /

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There was definitely a time where I thought I needed the right camera to make photographs at my highest potential. Piggybacking off my last ‘5 frames’ article, where I suggested going for an aimless stroll can help increase the calmness in your m...

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13 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Vivitar 35ES – By Howard Dale

By Howard Dale

Internet reviews of the Vivitar 35ES seem to agree that it’s a well built camera with a great lens, but which is otherwise uninspired. So why did I get get it?

12 March, 2018

A Few Frames More, with the Hasselblad XPan – by Simon King

By Simon King

The XPan is everything I have ever needed from a film camera. It serves the purpose to me of being fundamentally different from the regular frame shape which most film, digital ...

11 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Nikon F80

By Hamish Gill

My Nikon F75 project came to an end when I recently “upgraded” to the F80. The Nikon F80 felt almost instantaneously like it was a better choice for me. As I talk about in the l...

11 March, 2018

The Leica Rangefinder and the importance of a well calibrated system – By Alan Starkie

By Alan Starkie

The idea of the rangefinder is simple, it’s an optical triangulation device coupled to a cam on a lens. Align the two images in the viewfinder and the camera is in focus. ...

10 March, 2018

Nikon FM3a Review – My desert Island camera – by Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

Last year I wrote a short piece for 35mmc as part of the “5 frames with” series. The camera I used was my Nikon Fm3a with the Nikkor 50mm f1.2 AIS lens- a combination that I jus...

9 March, 2018

Why I Enjoy Film Photography More Than Digital Photography – by Frank Wu

By frankhwu

I thought it would be worthwhile to express, as explicitly as possible, what it is that causes me to enjoy film photography more than I enjoy its digital imitation. Although I k...

8 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Fujica GS645 Pro by Son Pham

By Son Pham

I am always curious about new things to do with my film adventure. Every day, there seems to be always something new to learn about the process and the medium. On one such parti...

7 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Zenit EM – By Greg May

By Greg May

I sort of remember when my father handed me The Brass Brick as I unaffectionately called it for years. Not precisely, but at least withing the ten year bracket that was the 1990...

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