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14 February, 2015

“Karmera” and the act of giving away your gear

By Hamish Gill

Sometimes in life the actions of other people can really surprise you. Unfortunately in our media driven world the surprise is too often actually one of shock or horror; shock o...

10 February, 2015

35mm Compact Photographer #11 – Rob MacKillop

By Rob MacKillop

First, a bit of background? As much or as little as you are comfortable sharing… Name, Where you are from, what you do, What else in life do you enjoy? that sort of thing? My na...

6 February, 2015

Win my Leica!

By Hamish Gill

Win my Leica! – I’ve decided to give away my Leica iiic as a prize in a 35mm point and shoot compact camera photo competition!

2 February, 2015

Leica M3 – a review, and some thoughts about finding the right version for me

By Hamish Gill

I'm not always rational when it comes to buying cameras, quite often I buy them just for the experience of owning and trying them. But when it comes to the Leicas, I've tried to...

30 January, 2015

A lost roll from Christmas – 50mm V4 Summicron and XP2

By Hamish Gill

I shot quite a few rolls over Christmas, but a few got left in cameras halfway through. In the case of this film, it got left in the Leica M7. The purchase of an Leica M3 and a ...

25 January, 2015

Footprint Leather Camera Strap with ‘QR Swivels’

By Hamish Gill

There are so many leather camera strap brands out there these days I imagine that for some people it might be hard to know where to start on the path to finding one that suits t...

24 January, 2015

A Quick Guide to a Rangefinder’s Effective Base Length (EBL)

By Hamish Gill

I recently published my thoughts on the Voigtlander R2a and R3a two great cameras that have one major caveat – their short rangefinder effective base length. I’m now...

21 January, 2015

First roll with the Leica M3

By Hamish Gill

It’s been a very busy couple of weeks since the Leica M3 found its way to me. So much so that I’ve only managed to squeeze a single roll through it so far; I almost feel a...

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Jeffery Luhn on Fuji X-Half – Trying to prove Hamish wrong… and failing
Chris, I enjoyed your well written piece on the small Fuji X-Half. You described several reasons not to own that…
Adam on Ansco’s “Super Memar f/2” – A Simple High-Quality Camera
Howdy, I have one of these lovely Memar f2 cameras also - thanks for clarifying why the shutter speed and…
David Hume on Fuji X-Half – Trying to prove Hamish wrong… and failing
Hi Chris - nice article… and I feel much aligned with what you say. I played with one for an…

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