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6 April, 2026

Monster Adapter LA-FZ1 – Review Overview & Introduction

By Hamish Gill

6 April, 2026

/ Hamish’s Monster LA-FZ1 experiences, Lens adapter, Lens Adapting & Modification, Monster Adapter LA-FZ1, /

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This is an introduction post to what I intend to be an ongoing series detailing the Monster Adapter LA-FZ1 – an adapter that allows screw drive Nikon AF lenses to be used on Nikon Z-Mount cameras. This post series will collectively form some...

6 April, 2026

Monster Adapter LA-FZ1 (v1.2 firmware) & Nikon 180mm 2.8 AF

By Hamish Gill

6 April, 2026

/ 180mm lens, Hamish’s Monster LA-FZ1 experiences, Lens Adapting & Modification, Monster Adapter LA-FZ1, Nikon 180mm 2.8 AF, SLR lens, Telephoto Lens, /

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This is my first follow up article to my Monster Adapter LA-FZ1 overview/review article here, as well as my wider Monster LA-FZ1 experiences. As I said in that article, I currently have a 8 Nikon AF and AF-D lenses, some of which work better than ...

6 April, 2026

Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” – Introduction

By Scott Ferguson

6 April, 2026

/ Leica 50mm 1.5 Summarit, Leica 50mm Summicron DR, Leica 50mm Summilux, Leica 50mm summitar, Lens Theory, /

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For reasons I may not be able to fully explain (even to myself), but many 35mmc regular readers and contributors will understand, I own four different Leica 50mm lenses. Leica cameras have remained the dominant high end range finder camera throug...

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24 August, 2015

595Strapco Laverton review

By Hamish Gill

A week or so ago, Dave from 595Strapco sent me one of his Laverton Leather Camera Neck Straps. I’ve been using it since on a verity of cameras so thought I’d share m...

23 August, 2015

Olympus mju-iii wide 100 review

By Hamish Gill

This little Olympus mju-iii wide 100 became a deviation from a path. If I’d followed the results of a little poll I did, I’d be reviewing the Petri Color 35 now. But...

18 August, 2015

Canon Sureshot A1 Review – Underwater fun! – by Chris Dodkin

By Chris Dodkin

The Canon Sureshot A1 – This is the perfect camera to ride the retro wave, and make a splash at the beach or pool during the summer. It’s a fully automatic 35mm came...

9 August, 2015

Fuji DL Super Mini (Tiara) Instruction Manual

By Hamish Gill

Benn Murhaaya recently posted a review of the Fuji DL Super Mini, or Tiara as it is otherwise known. Since publishing that post, a kind reader of the blog got in touch to help o...

7 August, 2015

Konica AiBORG Review – Big/ugly/horrible… Good lens

By Hamish Gill

In accordance with my recent poll - which I later found out was rigged by a mate of mine with a "sense of humour" - Here is my review of the Konica AiBORG...

5 August, 2015

Win a Rollei 35T!

By Hamish Gill

As some of you may or may not know, I have been involved in a few camera giveaways this year. I gave away a Leica iiic earlier in the year myself, but since then I have also bee...

4 August, 2015

A day in hospital – First roll with the Olympus mju-iii Wide 100

By Hamish Gill

Quite a personal post this one, even by my standards. Yesterday, me and the wife spent a day in the hospital. Nothing too serious fortunately, but serious enough for us to have ...

2 August, 2015

Zeiss 16mm f/8 Hologon Lens Review – M-Mount Modified

By Hamish Gill

The Carl Zeiss Hologon 16mm f/8 has to be the most eccentric lens I’ve used to date. It’s possibly one of the most rare lenses I’ve used too. Largely because o...

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Scott Ferguson on Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” – Introduction
Thanks for the kind words, Charles. Yes, while I do think I've raised my levels over the last year or…
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Scott Ferguson on Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” – Introduction
Hey David, Thanks for the tip on Erwin's article, I will have to check it out. I'll be very interested…

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