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29 April, 2015

Leica M2 Review – Unique in its own Subtle Way

By Hamish Gill

The M2 was Leica's answer to a requirement for a more affordable and more versatile M camera. In many regards it can be seen as a simplified Leica M3, but actually as far as the...

26 April, 2015

Canon Prima BF-80 Date Review (Snappy QT Date) – By Benn Murhaaya

By Benn Murhaaya

During my winter shopping spree, I was spending laughably small amounts of money on various P&Ss and fix focus 35mm plastic cameras. I saw this camera for 1 CZK (about 4 us ...

25 April, 2015

First roll with the Leica M3 DS and m-mount Leitz Elmar 50/3.5

By Hamish Gill

If you’ve read my Leica M3 post you might be aware that I went to some pains to buy a late model M3 with all the various “upgrades” Leica made to the camera ov...

19 April, 2015

Leica M-A Review – The Perfect Rangefinder?

By Hamish Gill

I read on a forum somewhere a comment relating to an individual’s initial response to the Leica M-A as being – in their words – “underwhelming”. Wh...

16 April, 2015

Modification of Olympus mju-ii to retain flash settings – Part 2

By David

After giving up on the idea of a software approach to modifying the Mju II, I decided to go analogue, which is how I came across Hamish’s article. I followed his advice an...

15 April, 2015

35mm Compact Photographer #13 – ‘Thirdculture’

By Thirdculture

My name is Jean-Paul but I go by the alias ‘Thirdculture’ for my photography and creative work. The name Thirdculture basically comes from the term ‘Third Culture Kid̵...

10 April, 2015

First roll with the Leica M-A and 50/2.5 Summarit-M

By Hamish Gill

On Tuesday this week a cardboard box turned up from Leica in London. Within it was a Leica M-A packaged in rather a lot of bubble wrap. Unfortunately this particular M-A wasn...

8 April, 2015

First roll with a Leica M2 (and a recently serviced 50mm 1.5 Summarit)

By Hamish Gill

On Monday, being as it was the easter bank holiday, me and the wife decided it would be nice to visit some friends and family in her home town of Reading. Her best mate from sch...

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