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6 June, 2025

NEWS: Omnar Bertele FLB 50mm f/2 – Finally Announced

By Hamish Gill

6 June, 2025

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22 April, 2014

Modification of Pentax PC35AF to kill the beeping

By Hamish Gill

I’m on the look out for another Pentax PC35af at the moment, as the one featured in this article, along with two others I have has a dicky AF. It seems failing AF is a fai...

19 April, 2014

Minolta Hi-Matic E Review – A point & poke Rangefinder

By Hamish Gill

I picked up this Minolta Hi-Matic E from a charity shop in town, it had black sticky stuff all over it and thanks to not having any batteries in it was obviously not showing muc...

19 April, 2014

The Traveling Yashica: Julián Péter, Slovakia

By Julián Péter

“Your package has been withheld by the Customs Office of Slovakia.” It is late January and I journey across the city to retrieve the camera. After much waiting and shoutin...

13 April, 2014

Leica M7 review – a near perfect camera (at least for my personal requirements)

By Hamish Gill

It’s been playing on my mind that I so frequently talk about my Leica M7 on here without it really fitting the 35mm compact camera niche subject I originally intended to a...

4 April, 2014

Leatherman Squirt S4 review (for Photographers)

By Hamish Gill

When I first bought the leatherman Squirt S4 a mate of mine (an action film watching, swears at football on the TV and drinks a lot of lager type mate) told me I had bought a “g...

3 April, 2014

The Genius of Barnack, a Leica iiia & how rangefinders found a home on 35mmc

By Hamish Gill

Until a few weeks ago I hadn’t held a Barnack Leica for a good few years, so long in fact that whilst I knew the name “Leica” when I did hold one, I had no rea...

15 March, 2014

Canon Prima 120 Review – My current telephoto lens of choice!

By Hamish Gill

Firstly, this camera isn’t strictly speaking called a “Prima 120” it’s a “Prima Super 120” or a “Sureshot Classic 120” or an R...

9 March, 2014

Three Nights in Paris – And some reflections on my camera choices

By Hamish Gill

A 6 o’clock start isn’t really my cup of tea if I’m honest, especially when it’s going to be 11 hours until we reach the hotel we are staying at just out...

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Interesting Camera for Sure , with good results . Very Good Photos with Interesting Subjects .
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