15 January, 2016
First roll with the Hasselblad Xpan II & 45mm
First impressions of the camera are fairly positive, it's seems largely speaking fairly logical to use and is comfortable in the hand, if a little big and heavy. I'll get to all...
Hamish Gill's Posts
2 January, 2016
7 Reasons you should own a Thread Mount Leica
7 reasons and a whole load of waffle about why I (and some reader of 35mmc) think all photographers should own, or at least try, a thread mount Leica
1 January, 2016
The Gear Acquisition Syndrome Horseshoe
Just a bit of fun. I’ve been thinking about Gear Acquisition Syndrome and what it means to me. I thought about writing a post about it but decided instead it could be bett...
22 December, 2015
A 35mm compact camera lens conversion – Part 1 – Choosing the lens
I've decided to have one of my compact camera lenses converted to Leica thread mount by MS-Optical in Japan. Rather than wait until the end of the project to document the whole ...
16 December, 2015
A Birthday at the Birmingham German Christmas Market
For the second year running, a few weeks ago me and a bunch of mates visited the Birmingham German Christmas Market. I must be honest, the non-consumable things on sale don̵...
13 December, 2015
Voigtlander Bessa L – (not really a) review
The Voigtlander Bessa L is a camera I've owned twice. I've bought it twice thinking it'd be perfect for a type of shooting I thought I might give a go. Unfortunately, on both oc...
22 November, 2015
Zeiss 50mm 1.5 ZM C Sonnar Review
It took me so long to commit to the idea of buying a Zeiss ZM 50mm Sonnar. I must have hanged my mouse over a buy-it-now button of some sort countless times. Something just kept...
15 November, 2015
Carters Steam Fair
A few weeks ago we went down to Reading for the day to visit some family and friends. The wife is from down that way so we quite often take a day trip down there. On this occasi...