Hamish Gill, Author at 35mmc

20 January, 2018

7Artisans 35mm f/1.2 Review – my new mini super-sonnar

By Hamish Gill

When I first heard about the 7Artisans 35mm f/1.2 lens, I must admit I was a little bit disappointed that it wasn't a full frame lens. The first images I saw of it looked a litt...

17 January, 2018

5 (4 underexposed) frames with a Leica M-A and 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1

By Hamish Gill

Ok, I'm cheating, this isn't 5 frames it's 4. But I only took 4, and they make a nice set... These were taken last summer in a bar in Waterloo at a Beers & Cameras meetup with m...

16 January, 2018

Beers & Cameras – Birmingham Meet-up March 24th, 2018 – #BandCBRUM

By Hamish Gill

March 24th 2018 Beers & Cameras is coming to Birmingham I’ve been mulling over bigger meet-up for about 18 months now, but have finally pulled my finger out and decided to g...

13 January, 2018

Nikon F75 Project – Part 4 – The SLR viewfinder, fundamentally flawed and entirely outdated…?

By Hamish Gill

The biggest issue I have is with the concept of the SLR is the viewfinder. It seems to me that the technology around the SLR viewfinder was flawed from day one, and has now been...

10 January, 2018

5 Frames with a Leica Standard & Voigtlander 28mm f/3.5

By Hamish Gill

This Leica is the camera in my collection that seems to raise the most eyebrows. I’m going to write about using it properly sometime, but briefly, the questions I get aske...

3 January, 2018

5 Frames with a Leica M typ 262

By Hamish Gill

I’ve only had this camera for around a week, and haven’t formed any particularly strong opinions about it yet – but did think a 5 Frames post would give me a chance to sha...

31 December, 2017

Leica M9 Review – Rediscovering a Joy in Digital Photography

By Hamish Gill

The Leica M9 was the first full frame digital rangefinder. At the time of its release it was also the smallest full frame digital camera on the market. In fact, it wasn't until ...

29 December, 2017

7Artisans 55mm f/1.4 aps-c lens – Mini-review

By Hamish Gill

The 7Artisans 55mm 1.4 is so inexpensive that I decided to add one to my own collection. I’ve not been using it that long, and haven’t taken a huge amount of shots with it, but ...

Peter Schu on Editing, manipulating, lying, fake – towards an agreement of the meaning of words
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Peter Schu on Editing, manipulating, lying, fake – towards an agreement of the meaning of words
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Peter Schu on Editing, manipulating, lying, fake – towards an agreement of the meaning of words
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