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25 November, 2024

Join me and the photography community on Bluesky

By Hamish Gill

25 November, 2024

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Just a note to say that I, like many people, have finally completely ditched Twitter in favour of Bluesky. I joined Bluesky sometime ago now, but whilst it was in its testing phase it was a little quiet. Now it’s open for anyone to join any ...

25 November, 2024

5 Frames with a Vivitar 70-210 f/3.5

By Sebastian Shields

25 November, 2024

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Cheap zoom lenses have never had a great reputation. Especially in the Digital age, some budget zooms are considered a bit of a plague. Cheap, plasticky, and very poor optically. To many, a budget zoom is a small step above the kit lens and is for...

Color photo of a Konica Pearl III medium format folding camera.

25 November, 2024

Konica Pearl III Medium Format Folder – Review and Street Shots from NYC

By Chad Gayle

25 November, 2024

/ Konica Medium Format Camera, Konica Pearl III, Medium Format Camera, Medium Format Folder, /

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As much as I love film, I’ve always had a love / hate relationship with medium format. Spoiled by the speed of 35mm’s fast lenses and the liberal largesse of 4×5 and 5×7 large format negatives, medium format has always seemed to me to be...

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7 December, 2023

Film Ferrania P30 in Finland with a Leica M3

By Sroyon

“Five Frames of Film Ferrania in Finland” would have been a good title for this post, but I wanted to share a few more than five. “Five Frames of Film Ferrania...

6 December, 2023

NEWS: AstriHori Announces Full-Frame 28mm F13 2X Macro Lens with a Waterproof Periscope Probe

By Molly Kate

AstriHori has announced a new full-frame macro periscope probe lens for Sony E, Nikon Z, Canon RF and EF, and Leica L and L Cinema mounts. The 28mm F13 2X magnification lens can...

6 December, 2023

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone

By Roger

People of a certain age will recognize this as a quotation – possibly a misquotation – from one of Joni Mitchell’s songs that was probably popular around the ...

5 December, 2023

The 110 Saga Continues – Post Mortem Discoveries

By Tony Warren

I hope these ramblings about my exploration of 110 and sub-miniature are of some interest beyond my keyboard but here’s the next chapter. When my Minolta 460 Tx 110 camer...

5 December, 2023

How to Refill an Ilford Disposable Camera

By Marco Manuzzi

So… you’ve just finished to shoot all around the city (or wherever you’d like) with your brand new BW disposable camera, what’s next? Chances are that yo...

4 December, 2023

NEWS: A 2023 Holiday Gift Guide for Film Photographers

By Molly Kate

We thought it would be a fun idea to get together a list of holiday gifts for film photographers. This guide includes 23 gift ideas ascending in price range. Most of these items...

4 December, 2023

Nikon Zoom 700 VR Mini-Review

By Douwe Krooshof

I’ve owned and shot many analogue cameras over the past 20 years, and lately I’m in a point-and-shoot phase. This is the first time that I feel the urge to shoot s...

3 December, 2023

ROUND-UP: Camera Reviews from the Film Photography Blogosphere

By Molly Kate

It’s time for another camera blog round-up! Here are the latest camera reviews and stories from the film photography blogosphere. This is a new series on 35mmc to share m...

Jeffery Luhn on Join me and the photography community on Bluesky
Twitter = X = Yuck. Hopefully Bluesky will filter out the dregs. I'll check it out.
Jeffery Luhn on 5 Frames with a Vivitar 70-210 f/3.5
Sebastian, Hmmm, I bought that Vivitar zoom for my Nikon when it first came out and abandoned it in favor…
Jeffery Luhn on Konica Pearl III Medium Format Folder – Review and Street Shots from NYC
Chad, Nice shots! I love folding cameras! They are the Goldilocks size between 35mm and 4x5. My brand of choice…

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