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20 August, 2017

Lumu Power review – the tiny full featured light meter

By Hamish Gill

The Lumu Power is without any doubt the most full featured light meter I have ever owned. It's tiny, it weighs hardly anything, it manages to offer a feature set that expands wa...

13 August, 2017

Sony A5100 review and (quite personal) setup guide

By Hamish Gill

The Sony A5100 is by many accounts a great little camera. It's very small, it does pretty decent quality video, it has very fast autofocus, a flippy-uppy screen and is compatibl...

4 August, 2017

10 Pocket money Classic Cameras – Part 2 – Guest post by Alan Duncan

By Alan Duncan

In my rundown of great but very different cameras you can buy for the cost of a takeaway, we've had some belters. In the first 5 we had a great rangefinder, a 50's classic, 110 ...

31 July, 2017

10 Pocket money Classic Cameras – Part 1 – Guest post by Alan Duncan

By Alan Duncan

Psst!! Wanna buy a classic camera for less than the price of a Takeaway Pizza? Don't panic and run! This isn't some dodgy knock off deal or the garage sale find of the century ...

29 July, 2017

7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 (ongoing) Review

By Hamish Gill

It's fair to say that DJ-Optical 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 has caused a bit of a stir in the world of rangefinder photographers. The forums are alive with speculation and commentary,...

22 July, 2017

Scarabaeus Review – an elegant belt clip for your camera

By Hamish Gill

I have a bit of a thing about simple design. My appreciation for products that function to solve a single problem perfectly is something I think I've mentioned a fair few times ...

16 July, 2017

Konica Hexar (AF) review – Picking a few holes in the Untouchable

By Hamish Gill

I've talked about the Konica Hexar a couple of times on this blog, it's even been reviewed here by master musician Rob Mackillop, but so far, despite owning one for a while, I'm...

2 July, 2017

Leica M9M Monochrom – First few shots and initial impressions

By Hamish Gill

I've fancied a Leica Monochrom since the day they were announced. It can't have been that long after that my mate Pete bought one and sent me a few DNG files to inspect - this d...

Hamish Gill on Contax G2 – The Most Advanced Rangefinder
It's also named a AF Rangefinder in the Contax brochure - https://www.brochuremuseum.nl/cameras/contaxg2en22.html
Charles E on Standing still while the music moves – Shooting musicians with point & shoot film cameras
Hi. Thanks for sharing this post. It's a really good read, and the feeling conveyed in these pictures takes me…
Ibraar Hussain on Contax G2 – The Most Advanced Rangefinder
Hamish the way back machine is your friend To eliminate all doubt https://web.archive.org/web/20060622032817/http://www.contaxcameras.co.uk/gseries/g2/g2specification.asp

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