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17 March, 2025

Our Annual Brean Day with my Leica CL, Omnar Pantessa FLB and Ilford XP2

By Hamish Gill

17 March, 2025

/ Ilford Film, Ilford XP2, Landscape Photography, /

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Jeffery Luhn on Our Annual Brean Day with my Leica CL, Omnar Pantessa FLB and Ilford XP2
Hamish, GREAT PHOTOS!!! You did a superb job capturing the mood and expanse of the seaside location. That beach is…
Hamish Gill on Our Annual Brean Day with my Leica CL, Omnar Pantessa FLB and Ilford XP2
Thanks very much! I just did a little bit of sick in my mouth at the idea of selling a…
Tony Warren on Sony SLT-A77 – hybrid mirrorless/DSLR with Minolta history
Though I used SRT/XE cameras for a while way back, I had no idea Minolta had produced a fixed mirror…

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