Hamish Gill, Author at 35mmc

22 March, 2021

Funleader 18mm f/8 Review – Limiting, but Fun (and Cheap!)

By Hamish Gill

I recently replaced my Fuji X100v with a Sony A7iii that was retired from work. Not long later the manufacturers of the Funleader 18mm f/8 pancake lens got in touch asking if I ...

15 March, 2021

Film Photography is Not about Serendipity (for me)!

By Hamish Gill

I don’t shoot film for the “serendipitous nature” of it. I know this is something a lot of people embrace and get a lot of enjoyment out of when shooting film. But for the large...

8 March, 2021

Remembering what it is to be a “Novice” & Reflecting on the Arrogance of Experience

By Hamish Gill

Film photography has its ups and downs - even as someone who’s been shooting film for a long time, I still find myself staring into the abyss wondering how on earth I’ve managed...

1 March, 2021

Canon Sure Shot M Mini-Review & Auto-Flash Disable Modification

By Hamish Gill

Just before Christmas I spotted a rather injured looking Canon Sure Shot M (otherwise known as the Canon Prima Mini) in a second hand shop in town. I’ve looked at these cameras ...

22 February, 2021

Bokeh as the Subject (in Photos and Writing)

By Hamish Gill

One of the things I most enjoy about writing for this website is how much creativity it allows me. I started writing this post before, but ended up getting distracted and writin...

8 February, 2021

Doomo Meter D Light Meter Review – for the “Analogue” Experience

By Hamish Gill

I seem to have fallen into a bit of a rabbit hole of shoe-mount light meters. The latest to land with me is the Doomo Meter D - a new LED readout, dial based meter that is *coug...

3 February, 2021

NEWS: Lomography Launch Atoll 17mm f/2.8 Ultra-Wide Lomography Art Lens is on Kickstarter

By Hamish Gill

Lomography have today announced a new Kickstarter campaign for a 17mm f/2.8 ultra-wide lens by the name of 'Atoll'. The lens will be available in Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E camer...

1 February, 2021

Meyer Optik Gorlitz 30mm f/3.5 Lydith II (The New Version) Review

By Hamish Gill

The Lydith 30mm f/3.5 II is another remake of a remake of a classic lens from Meyer Optik Gorlitz. It’s moderately wide, fairly slow lens with a short minimum focusing distance ...

Paula Smith on Double Exposures with a Rollei 35B
Thanks so much Ibraar. Much appreciated.
Paula Smith on Double Exposures with a Rollei 35B
Hi Jeffery, Thanks so much for your kind words. I am learning, the more I do it, that being less…
Paula Smith on Double Exposures with a Rollei 35B
Thanks so much Michael! Brilliant - you and your son should do a film swap. Let the surrealist joy happen.

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