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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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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...

1 August, 2015

Fixing a detached rewind lever on a Petri Color 35

By Hamish Gill

I took my Petri Color 35 out with me the other day. It’s small enough to fit in in the pocket of my jeans, so I’d just taken it out on a whim when I took the dogs fo...

29 July, 2015

Light Meters – by Marco North

By Marco North

Hamish is an obsessive man, and that’s why we get along. I have never met him, but we send each other massages at odd hours about lenses, about the gospel of the rangefinder. We...

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Scott Peterson on If Trains Could Talk
Thank you Omar. I'm also an aviation buff having served in the Air Force as an F16 crew chief back…
David Hill on Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” – Introduction
An interesting article, thank you. Are you familiar with the article by Erwin Puts "Leica M-Lenses, their soul and secrets"…
Walter Reumkens on If Trains Could Talk
Wonderful photos of trains – thank you for sharing them and for the explanations. If I lived in the US,…

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