Hamish Gill, Author at 35mmc

11 December, 2023

The Short Telephoto – My Preferred Carry-Everywhere Lens

By Hamish Gill

It’s been a little while since I really began to realise just how much more I favour I hold for a short telephoto lens. Over last summer though it went from being a vague prefer...

1 December, 2023

Harman Phoenix 200 – First Roll Review & Experiences

By Hamish Gill

Sometime mid October I had an ominous message from Michelle at HARMAN Technology saying she needed to talk to me about something. I must admit, seeing as it was the day before t...

19 November, 2023

Website issue: Emails not working

By Hamish Gill

Just a note, if you receive email updates from the website, you might notice they are currently a little flakey. A lot of people have reported that when they click the link in t...

17 November, 2023

For Sale: A Load of my Personal Collection

By Hamish Gill

I have just listed a load of my cameras and lenses for sale on the “shop” here. For some reason, the payment features aren’t working, so just drop me an email ...

17 November, 2023

Mint InstantFlex TL70 Plus Instax Square TLR Review

By Hamish Gill

If you asked me to list my favourite types of cameras from most to least favourite, two types of camera that definitely wouldn’t be near the top would be instant cameras and TLR...

6 November, 2023

Nikon D700 – a 2023 Review of a Classic Full Frame DSLR

By Hamish Gill

I used to shoot a Nikon D700 professionally as a second camera to a D3, and later a D800. The D3 was the peak of my positive relationship with Nikon, and the D800 was the last N...

27 October, 2023

Reflx Lab Light Meter Review

By Hamish Gill

The Reflx Lab light meter is a very simple shoe mount light meter with an LCD screen, 3 buttons, diminutive size and a metal body. It’s also really quite inexpensive. This is go...

23 October, 2023

5 Frames Beta Testing an Alfie Tych

By Hamish Gill

I really like beta testing cameras and lenses. Obviously I do this for my own lenses, but I’ve also beta tested the likes of Pixii which was a real treat for a rangefinder fan I...

Simon Foale on Mamiya 6 Automat Mini-Review – A small, cheap 6×6 with a good lens!
Hi Timothy, I'm still using the camera, and it's still going fine. The frame counter mechanism started playing up again…
Timothy Hancock on Mamiya 6 Automat Mini-Review – A small, cheap 6×6 with a good lens!
Hi - if you are still picking up messages about the automat, how are things now, two years on ?
Peter Schu on Contax 167MT – an outstanding, but overlooked tool
Thank you for your thanks and for also commenting on the included photographs. I am still learning how to properly…

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