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10 February, 2017

An insight into my Post Process of colour images shot with the Leica M9 in low light

By Hamish Gill

Almost every time I post some photos taken with my Leica M9 I have people asking me "is this straight out of camera", or "what post process have you done to these" etc. This see...

5 February, 2017

Finding my perfect classic Sonnar – PT1

By Hamish Gill

I've decided to attempt to find my perfect classic 50mm lens to mount on my Leica rangefinders. I have my ideal modern lens in the form of the Zeiss ZM Sonnar, but sometimes, ju...

10 January, 2017

The lure of the uncomplicated camera

By Hamish Gill

Readers of this blog and those who interact with me on social media often comment about what they see as a varied choice of cameras in my collection. The most common comments I ...

15 August, 2016

Leica M8 – How important is the use of a CCD in the look of the photos?

By Hamish Gill

How important is the use of a CCD in the look of Leica M8 photos?

20 May, 2016

Halina AF700 Review – How it saved me from Creative Block – By Miriam Woodburn

By Miriam Woodburn

The chances are that if you’re a creative individual you’d have come across it at least once. You feel like your work isn’t good enough, you know you need to do more work in ord...

12 March, 2016

The Yellow Filter And Why I Love This Community – by Aukje

By Aukje

My first year of shooting film Part 7 (Read Part 6 here) A couple of months ago I wrote a guest post about my first roll of Tri-X. In fact it was my first roll of black and whit...

14 February, 2016

Leica M8 – With or without a infrared cut filter comparison …

By Hamish Gill

When I posted the first few shots from the Leica M8, I made comment about the colour being a bit whacky inside my living room almost forcing me to shoot black and white. This wa...

4 February, 2016

My First Roll(s) With A Leica Film Camera Continued – Guest Post by Aukje

By Aukje

In my last post I shared the results of the first roll shot with my Leica M2. I had mixed feelings, mostly missing colour, and was not sure if exposure was right. I got some use...

Geoff Chaplin on Sonnar vs Summitar vs Summar – A quick demonstration
Thanks Tony, yes I read your excellent article. I think the diaphragm has to be placed at a point in…
Geoff Chaplin on Sonnar vs Summitar vs Summar – A quick demonstration
Thanks Gary but I disagree. A simple side by side test such as those at f2 brings out the real…
Geoff Chaplin on Sonnar vs Summitar vs Summar – A quick demonstration
Thanks Jeff. Tests I can do are limited to the comparable lenses I have (mostly 50mm!) but there are more…

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