Hamish Gill

Kamerakraft Nikon Zf Thumb Grip Review The Kamerakraft Nikon Zf Thumb Grip is a tiny bit of brass with a bit of double sided sticky tape on it. It sticks to the camera between the AE-L/AF-L button

Kamerakraft Nikon Zf Thumb Grip Review

Agima - AGI's follow-up to the Agimatic Previously on Cameras of Croydon… This is my third review of a camera model from Aeronautical General Instruments of Croydon, South London, under their AGILUX brand. The AGIFlex was a 6×6 SLR with a s...

Agima – AGI’s follow-up to the Agimatic

7Artisans 35mm 1.8 AF (Z Mount) Review I have really enjoyed the 7Artisans 35mm 1.8 - I just love some of the images it has allowed to capture when shooting it wide open

7Artisans 35mm 1.8 AF (Z Mount) Review

Does anyone know anyone in the UK that would service a Corfield Periflex?

5 Frames with a Leica 1c You really have to go back to basics to use this camera. No rangefinder, so either estimating the distance or using a separate rangefinder.

5 Frames with a Leica 1c

Leica vs Leica - M vs R cameras & lenses and thoughts on Rangefinders & SLRs Since Leica R vs Leica M was a 'photo finish' in terms of what came out, we can move on to the way a camera works with a photographer's eye, brain and hands

Leica vs Leica – M vs R cameras & lenses and thoughts on Rangefinders & SLRs

New Film Cameras: The Lomography MC-A and SilverBridges WideluxX Two new film cameras on the horizon, the Lomography MC-A and SilverBridges WideluxX - it's not often we get one new film camera coming down the road,

New Film Cameras: The Lomography MC-A and SilverBridges WideluxX

Minolta a-9 - Raspberry Picking in September with a 24mm f2.8, Red 25 Filter and Rollei Retro 80s It was a lovely day in early September, a month where I’m often filled with anxiety; dreading the coming Winter and the end of the brief days of fine weather of Spring and Summer, but the Summer still...

Minolta a-9 – Raspberry Picking in September with a 24mm f2.8, Red 25 Filter and Rollei Retro 80s

Mr. Ding Pactcron 35mm f/1.8 Review Mr. Ding Pactcron 35mm f/1.8 isn’t the sharpest or most refined lens, but it’s a genuinely likeable one. Compact, well-built, and characterful

Mr. Ding Pactcron 35mm f/1.8 Review

Leica iiig - a Filmfurbish Edition / Rose Tinted Review I will own a Leica iiig one day, and when I buy one I will be buying mine from Filmfurbish to get one as lovely as the camera he loaned me!

Leica iiig – a Filmfurbish Edition / Rose Tinted Review

Papershoot - A "Real" Photographer's Review I think this is possibly why I find the Papershoot cameras to be a little more interesting, they are just different to anything else

Papershoot – A “Real” Photographer’s Review

Wider Than Wide-Angle - 15mm for Documentary Photography In a packed crowd, where bodies and motion fill every inch of the frame the 15mm's sprawl turns disorder into rhythm

Wider Than Wide-Angle – 15mm for Documentary Photography

Contax 167MT - an outstanding, but overlooked tool I mentioned at the beginning that I use my Contax 167MT since 32 years now and I have no reasons to doubt that I can not use this camera for many more years

Contax 167MT – an outstanding, but overlooked tool

Solinon Optik 18mm f/5.6 ASPH Review & Super Wides are Not Just for Buildings As Bastian also found, the build quality of the Solinon Optik 18mm 5.6 seems very good, and I found the focus feel excellent.

Solinon Optik 18mm f/5.6 ASPH Review & Super Wides are Not Just for Buildings

Capturing Nova Scotia on Film When I was 21, my parents moved from the nickel-mining city of Sudbury, Ontario, to the quaint touristy town of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

Capturing Nova Scotia on Film

Worldwide Half-Frame Photography Day 6th September 2025! Inspired by Holga week and worldwide pinhole day I’d like to share half-frame day with you. It’s all about having fun celebrating this great analogue format! There will be a photo-competition with thr...

Worldwide Half-Frame Photography Day 6th September 2025!

Analogue Photography: A Personal Journey – Part 2 – Embracing Colours A few years passed, and by then, colour photography was gaining ground. Colour films were becoming more accessible and technically refined

Analogue Photography: A Personal Journey – Part 2 – Embracing Colours

Contax T – The OG one The Kardashians should’ve had

Anyone in the market for a Nikon Df? I’m going to swap sideways for a Zf

In Search of Darkness and Light: Black & White Film Stocks, Part 5 - The Conclusion Well,  this has been amazing.  It feels a little bit like I took an immersive course in b&w  photography and learned a lot and ended up with some cool photos that I love!

In Search of Darkness and Light: Black & White Film Stocks, Part 5 – The Conclusion

MS-Optics 50mm F1.0 ISM - The Magic Lens that Refuses to Take a Bad Picture But in the process I also took out the MS-Optics 50mm F1.0 ISM, which remains a personal favorite for exactly the opposite reason

MS-Optics 50mm F1.0 ISM – The Magic Lens that Refuses to Take a Bad Picture
By Jonathan Leavitt

Light Lens Lab 50mm f2 rigid review The Light Lens Lab 50mm f/2 Rigid is a love letter to one of Leica’s most beloved lenses, and in many ways, it improves upon the original

Light Lens Lab 50mm f2 rigid review

Kodachrome 25 K14 – My first and last ever 2 rolls and remembering the ContaxG Pages site

Meeting Jamel Shabazz - in which a chance encounter turns into a Master Class in street portraiture Photographing people is easy in an urban setting like New York because they are everywhere.  Getting good shots of people, maybe not so easy. In my early days of trying to shoot street photography in ...

Meeting Jamel Shabazz – in which a chance encounter turns into a Master Class in street portraiture

Analogue Photography: A Personal Journey - part 1 - Black & White, The Dictates of the Time To offer some context, let me take you back to where it all began — a journey that, I suspect, may feel familiar to others

Analogue Photography: A Personal Journey – part 1 – Black & White, The Dictates of the Time

Harman Phoenix II - My first roll and some breif thoughts on the development of this new film With that said, Phoenix II definitely seems to be a step toward a more conventional colour film. There’s still a good bit of halation

Harman Phoenix II – My first roll and some breif thoughts on the development of this new film

A Journey into Darkness and Light, B&W Film Stocks, Part 3 I'll start with Kodak TMax 100. I'm not sure why it took this long for me to get around to TMax 100. I may have had a 40 year old recollection of not loving Kodak

A Journey into Darkness and Light, B&W Film Stocks, Part 3

Travel Photography Tips - With a Contax G2 Kodak Ektachrome E100VS Fujichrome Astia 100 Kodak TRI-X 400 and Adox Silvermax To conclude, Travel Photography with decent results in far away places isn't difficult, you just need time, which I have never had.

Travel Photography Tips – With a Contax G2 Kodak Ektachrome E100VS Fujichrome Astia 100 Kodak TRI-X 400 and Adox Silvermax

VE Day - Victory in Europe Day with a Balda CA 35 and Polaroid High Definition 200 8th May is when this day is celebrated in many countries, Britain especially rejoices for Peace in Our Time. Alas, there's no peace, but war, war and more war everywhere.

VE Day - Victory in Europe Day with a Balda CA 35 and Polaroid High Definition 200

Music in Manhattan - A One Shot Story I was walking up Fifth Ave heading to a student film festival at the Paris Theater when a string quartet of young musicians caught my eye

Music in Manhattan – A One Shot Story