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16 September, 2017

Voigtlander 50mm 3.5 VM Heliar – a review of two halves

By Hamish Gill

The Voigtlander f/3.5 50mm VM Heliar is a unusual lens that appears to me to have a fairly quiet, but almost invariably positive reputation. There isn’t a huge amount writ...

9 September, 2017

Ricoh 500GX Review – Spirit of ’76 – by Chris Pattison

By Chris Pattison

Now that's over 40 years ago, so marvel I do at my Ricoh 500GX, complete with pristine case and plastic lens cap, which looks like it has just left the production line in Taiwan...

3 September, 2017

Canon Sureshot Multi Tele Review – Adventures in Half Frame Part 2 – by Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

I really liked the Olympus Pen EE-2 I talked about in part 1 of my half frame adventure... But I also like the automation and flash in a point and shoot, so I started to wonder ...

2 September, 2017

Olympus Pen EE-2 Review – Adventures in Half Frame Part 1 – by Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

...The solution? Shoot less, or shoot more for the same amount of money. The former isn’t an option, but the latter? ...hmmm... ...This thought led me down a little side alley ...

28 August, 2017

Disposable Cameras Review – Cheap, Fun, and Dependable – by Rick Davy

By rd

More recently I've started to come across disposable cameras whilst searching the car boats and charity shops of the world for film related stuff. The more I found and bought, t...

27 August, 2017

Jupiter-8m (Brian Sweeney modified) – Finding My Perfect Classic Sonnar PT8

By Hamish Gill

If you've been following this series of posts about the path I've been walking to find myself a perfect classic Sonnar, you will have likely come to the conclusion that I've bec...

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...

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