6 February, 2015
Win my Leica!
Win my Leica! – I’ve decided to give away my Leica iiic as a prize in a 35mm point and shoot compact camera photo competition!
Hamish Gill's Posts
I'm not always rational when it comes to buying cameras, quite often I buy them just for the experience of owning and trying them. But when it comes to the Leicas, I've tried to...
30 January, 2015
A lost roll from Christmas – 50mm V4 Summicron and XP2
I shot quite a few rolls over Christmas, but a few got left in cameras halfway through. In the case of this film, it got left in the Leica M7. The purchase of an Leica M3 and a ...
25 January, 2015
Footprint Leather Camera Strap with ‘QR Swivels’
There are so many leather camera strap brands out there these days I imagine that for some people it might be hard to know where to start on the path to finding one that suits t...
24 January, 2015
A Quick Guide to a Rangefinder’s Effective Base Length (EBL)
I recently published my thoughts on the Voigtlander R2a and R3a two great cameras that have one major caveat – their short rangefinder effective base length. I’m now...
21 January, 2015
First roll with the Leica M3
It’s been a very busy couple of weeks since the Leica M3 found its way to me. So much so that I’ve only managed to squeeze a single roll through it so far; I almost...
15 January, 2015
Voigtlander VC Meter II Light Meter Review
I’ve decided I should review some of the collection of compact camera and rangefinder accessories I seem to have been collecting recently. I was trying to decide where to ...
14 January, 2015
MR-9 Battery Adapter
I have previously written about adapting a 675 hearing aid battery for use in cameras that require a 1.35 volt PX625. I was pretty confident at the time that since hearing aid b...