Hamish Gill, Author at 35mmc

9 October, 2016

595Strapco Quick Release Horween Leather Camera Strap Review

By Hamish Gill

A few weeks ago Dave from 595Strapco popped over to Worcester bringing with him a pair of prototype Horween leather camera straps for me to play with. I've been trialling them s...

24 September, 2016

Canon Sprint Review (or AF35j, Jet or Autoboy Lite)

By Hamish Gill

I spent a couple of weeks taking snaps with a little Canon Sprint. It wasn’t a camera I chose for its merits, nor did I know what the roll of film contained within it was....

17 September, 2016

Leica CL Review (The Film Camera)

By Hamish Gill

The Leica CL, along with its contemporary cousin the Leica M5, comes from a time in Leica's history that seems to have been a little rocky to say the least. Yet whilst Leica suf...

27 August, 2016

Hasselblad Xpan with a Nikon 35mm PC shift lens – FAQ

By Hamish Gill

A week or so ago I shot a quick test roll through the Hasselblad Xpan II with a Nikon 35mm PC lens attached to the front of it. I had a lot of questions about that set up, so I ...

22 August, 2016

Leica M8 Review – A simple, digital, rangefinder

By Hamish Gill

Released a decade ago, the M8 was Leica's first digital rangefinder. By the standards of most people, this thing is now old technology; it's long in the tooth, many times supers...

15 August, 2016

Leica M8 – How important is the use of a CCD in the look of the photos?

By Hamish Gill

How important is the use of a CCD in the look of Leica M8 photos?

4 August, 2016

And the winner of the M4 is Julián Péter

By Hamish Gill

It's not been an easy process for anyone involved in the process of judging all 373 images. There were a lot of good photos, many of which deserved to win. In the end, a combina...

4 August, 2016

First Shots with the Leica M9

By Hamish Gill

I know, I know, more digital – well, there’s more coming too – I’m a good way through my Leica M8 review so that shall be with you soon enough. It’...

Dave Powell on Ansco Titan – A Stylish 6×6 120 Folder
Thanks my friend! And yes, I was much too careful bracketing my shots. It was before I got into bulk…
Jeffery Luhn on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
Pentax made some solid cameras, especially the Spotmatic. My negative files from the 1970s are loaded with sharp images from…
Eric Rose on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
Love your photos and story. The Pentax Spotmatic is and always will be an iconic camera. The 28mm lens is…

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