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3 December, 2017

The Perfect 35mm Compact Camera – by Roger Hicks

By Roger Hicks

The perfect 35mm compact camera does not exist. There are two reasons for this. One is that there are limits to how far you can miniaturize a reliable, durable, easy-to-use came...

1 July, 2017

Sony A7Rii – Making it work for me – Take Perfect. Spoil it. Be happy – by Aivaras

By Aivaras

I really enjoyed Hamish's recent articles about the Sony A7RII, and the one regarding the never ending “film vs digital” debate. To me, these two articles felt as though they we...

17 June, 2017

Smena 8M Review – Sometimes you just have to play – By Carlos Argott

By C. Argott

In photography, as in life, it is easy to take ourselves too seriously. Once you go beyond being a simple snapshot photographer and move unto the realm of finer craftsmanship, t...

29 May, 2017

Disposable cameras – Reflections on my early use – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

Taking a good or great picture with a single use is really all about composition. Other parameters, like light or contrasts, are in the hands of the lab. Motion blur is often in...

26 March, 2017

Comparing (or not) Oranges and Oranges – Finding my perfect classic Sonnar – PT3

By Hamish Gill

I started down this road with the hope of finding a classic 50mm Sonnar lens that somehow shone out in awesomeness above and beyond any other classic 50mm Sonnar lenses that I m...

12 March, 2017

Film vs. Digital – An argument against the argument

By Hamish Gill

How dull! Another film vs. Digital argument! Actually, that’s not what this is. Instead, this is intended as an argument against the argument, because seriously, I’m...

18 February, 2017

My First Experience of Film – by Ross Gibson

By Ross Gibson

My name is Ross and I'm 14 years old. I first met Hamish at my mum and step-dad's wedding, he was the photographer along with his friend James. A while after the day I got in to...

10 February, 2017

An insight into my Post Process of colour images shot with the Leica M9 in low light

By Hamish Gill

Almost every time I post some photos taken with my Leica M9 I have people asking me "is this straight out of camera", or "what post process have you done to these" etc. This see...

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