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Buying “Crap Cameras” A year ago I started buying plastic zoom compacts from the 80s and 90s to make a series of Youtube videos entitled “Crap Cameras”. In the past I had dismissed these at Car Boot Sales and in charity shops, before acquiring a Konica Z-Up 70 and then an Olympus mJu II Zoom... The post Pentax Espio 140 – The Second Best Zoom Compact Camera I’ve Ever Had appeared first on 35mmc.| 35mmc
Craftsmanship is fascinating. It’s almost magical how we can see things in our head and make them happen. This is true for every bit of wisdom that humans have come up with, but musical instruments – and guitars, in particular – are among the best examples of this skill. There’s nothing more unnecessary than music... The post Inside a Master Luthier’s Workshop appeared first on 35mmc.| 35mmc
This all started as a friendly conversation about looking for a ‘go to’ black & white film choice, partly because I wanted to stock up before the US tariffs kicked in. Not being quite convinced about any single stock, I decided to embark on a ‘grand tour’ of the major b&w emulsions and report back... The post In Search of Darkness and Light: Black & White Film Stocks, Part 5 – The Conclusion appeared first on 35mmc.| 35mmc
Last Christmas my father-in-law gifted an old Spotmatic. I was taken aback as it had belonged to his father and so I knew how much it meant to him to pass it along. While the camera may not be worth much on the market, to me it is worth its weight in gold. The camera... The post Fish-eye-Takumar 17mm – Takumars in a Digital Age #1 appeared first on 35mmc.| 35mmc
There was a point in the late 70s when Minolta did something mildly uncharacteristic. They had always produced interesting cameras with cutting-edge features, but occasionally they were aesthetically challenged – the SRT 101 was gawky while the XK/XM/X-1 (with certain finders at least) could look quite monstrous. But in 1977, they produced a cutting-edge camera... The post Minolta XG9 review appeared first on 35mmc.| 35mmc
If, like me you are shooting film and shooting film at an event, well as you might know, sometimes you make mistakes. I recently bought a camera, a SLR and added a motor drive on to it, not really to use it, but just because it had bigger batteries. I ended up using it primarily... The post A Lucky Roll – An Accidentally Double-Exposed Roll appeared first on 35mmc.| 35mmc
Beer Street, Hanoi. As the name suggests, yes – you can drink beer here. Many beers, in fact, a feat I had evidently achieved this particular evening. Along with inhaling nitrous – legal in bars in this area – the result was a street photo shoot that took Daido Moriyama’s are, bure, boke to a... The post Hanoi’s Beer Street with a Broken Ricoh GR1v appeared first on 35mmc.| 35mmc
If you’re like me and you love shooting film (or at least you love film cameras), you probably know this feeling: you find an old film camera while strolling through your local yard sale, flea market, or simply eBay, buy it on impulse with some justification you’ve made up for yourself, and bring it home.... The post Breathing New Life into Old Cameras – The Ausgeknipst Story appeared first on 35mmc.| 35mmc
These days I use my little Fuji X100V for a ‘walking around’ camera. I like my iPhone camera just fine but usually want something a little ‘better’ than the phone. If I carry the gear I use for work, it feels like work. I just like to have that nice little capture machine for the... The post Nikon Mini AF600 – Shooting with a Lite Touch appeared first on 35mmc.| 35mmc
Not too surprisingly, the keywords it gave me were loneliness, silence, emptiness, and being forgotten.| 35mmc
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For this article the Nikkor 43-86 is mounted on my Panasonic S5IIx with an adapter. Is it as sharp as my Panasonic S series 24-105 f4 lens. No| 35mmc
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On July 17, 2025, more than 1,500 anti-Trump “Make Good Trouble” protests (totaling perhaps 56,000 people) occurred across the U.S. Of these, nearly 100 groups gathered in Massachusetts. And thanks to Generative AI, a seeming impossibility was photographed in a Boston train station. One of my favorite political writers is Robert B. Hubbell, whose July...| 35mmc
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I liked the Zeiss Ikon S 310 so much I bought three! The German seller had another, plus I bought another non-working one for parts| 35mmc
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Leica llla and Elmar 50mm F3.5 collapsible lens are a fun, compelling pair capable of some really good results if you keep your wits about you| 35mmc
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I decided to "travel light" and take just my Minolta X-700, the 50mm 1.4 lens it came with, the 35mm 2.8 lens I picked up| 35mmc
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Linc told me that the Kodachrome 25 was better than the 64, I've now no way of finding that out anymore. But at least I managed to shoot two rolls| 35mmc
With that said, Phoenix II definitely seems to be a step toward a more conventional colour film. There’s still a good bit of halation| 35mmc
Last week I released Analog Photography Assistant to the Google Play Store. It is free for all to use, has no ads or crap ware| 35mmc
