I do like a focusing tab on a rangefinder lens, I just find focusing slightly more intuitive somehow. Generally speaking I also find the lack of requirement to grip the focusing...
Hamish Gill's Posts
17 May, 2015
A pre-wedding shoot on a farm…
I’ve been shooting weddings fairly sporadically for about 8-9 years now, I’ve always just shot them with the digital, but have been finding this increasingly uninspi...
12 May, 2015
Leica 50mm f/2.5 Summarit-M Review
Along side – or at least attached to – the Leica M-A I recently borrowed from Leica UK was a 50mm f/2.5 Summarit-m. To be honest I’m not sure if they meant to ...
11 May, 2015
First Roll with my Leica M-A – Lndnwlk 3.0
Saturday just gone, the 9th of May 2015, I did my best to put my election result woes to one side and make my way to London for a day out. I had two reasons to be there, the fir...
Today – Election Day 2015 – I followed Joy Squires, Labour’s Parliamentary candidate for Worcester around for a large portion of the day. The idea was to docum...
Since writing my first Leica M3 post – and in fact actually not long after I published it – I found myself in the possession of a rather tatty Leica M3 double stroke...
29 April, 2015
Leica M2 Review – Unique in its own Subtle Way
The M2 was Leica's answer to a requirement for a more affordable and more versatile M camera. In many regards it can be seen as a simplified Leica M3, but actually as far as the...
If you’ve read my Leica M3 post you might be aware that I went to some pains to buy a late model M3 with all the various “upgrades” Leica made to the camera ov...