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On the Windowsill – One Shot Story

Walter Reumkens — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:00:14 +0000

I took this photo in 2018, in a large city 60 km from my home. I had just turned 70, everyone was talking about climate change, and I wanted to do my bit too, so I’d taken out a senior citizen’s travel pass for public transport and used it regularly. I live on the outskirts...

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A day at the pier with an Olympus DC 35

Greg May — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:51 +0000

The British seaside is an odd place. Many places that once were mighty have fallen deeply into disrepair and dispair. There are however some things we can expect from any trip. Gulls flocking to pick the detritus from the bins. Humanity flocking to chip shops produce the detritus for the gulls. People who looked at...

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Zeiss Ikon Icarex – Roll over Nikon

Ibraar Hussain — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:00:10 +0000

Voigtländer first came into being in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria in 1756 (270 years ago) before moving permanently to Brunswick in what was then the Duchy of the same name (Braunschweig in German) in 1868. It was probably the oldest name in Photography, but sadly ceased to exist in all but name in 1972. Voigtländer...

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My Adventure in Spirit Photography

Tom Halfhill — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:00:11 +0000

Landscape photography, portrait photography, street photography, macro photography, spirit photography… Spirit photography?! Yes, some folks claim their cameras can take pictures of ghosts and other apparitions. Most images are fake or have natural explanations. Although I’m skeptical, I once attempted this type of photography with the help of a self-described ghost hunter. Result: nothing. I...

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Flags in Two Places

Danilo Leonardi — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:00:04 +0000

You keep seeing the flags, and hearing people talk. Someone remarks that there are “so many flags everywhere these days”, with a faintly conspiratorial smile. Then on my social media feed I come across a post by a “self-made” property developer insinuating that councils may be restricting the display of St George’s flags for St...

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Phil Maxwell, the Olympus XA2, and the Street as Theatre

Shafiur Rahman — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:00:32 +0000

I have known Phil Maxwell for about sixteen years. For a period, we both had studios in Spitalfields, in that strange zone where the East End was still recognisably itself but was also being remade, priced up, polished, and thinned out. Phil had already lived through several versions of that neighbourhood by then. He had...

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If You Walk, the Photo Will Come – One Shot Story

Scott Peterson — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:00:41 +0000

I recently picked up an SMC Asahi-Pentax 100mm f/4 Macro lens to use on my Nikon Zf and headed downtown to try it out. The walk wasn’t especially inspiring. Much of downtown Escanaba is currently torn up for waterline construction, with fences, barricades, and piles of dirt occupying many of the places I normally enjoy...

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5 frames with a Leica M4-P

Simon Platt — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:00:50 +0000

My first Leica was an M4-2, I used it extensively but sold it to help pay for my first digital Leica, an M9 in black. After a while, I missed the relatively quiet “Click” of the shutter compared to the M9 “ClickZZZzzzZZZZ” and yearned for another film camera. I espied a silver M4 in a...

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In the nature reserve in the Netherlands / Germany – A One Shot Story

Walter Reumkens — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:00:40 +0000

A discussion with a community member here on 35mmc led us to cameras “Made in Germany”, and we soon found ourselves talking about Carl Zeiss Jena and the “Contax D” with the Biotar 2/58mm lens from the same manufacturer. I bought it a good 10 years ago from a house clearance dealer who knew little...

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Exploring horizontal camera scanning solutions

verybigobo — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:34 +0000

I admit I am lazy, and that is precisely why I have been looking for a simple horizontal camera scanning setup. For vertical scanning I would need to assemble a copy stand, connect the camera to an external monitor or laptop, and sort out a remote trigger. A horizontal slide copier style setup just sits...

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