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5 Frames with the Mamiya 43mm f/4.5

By Adrian Riu

3 March, 2026

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23 February, 2015

Leica iiic competition entries (21-40)

By Hamish Gill

Following on from the first 20 entries posted yesterday, here are the second 20:

22 February, 2015

Leica iiic competition entries (1-20)

By Hamish Gill

With the Leica iiic competition coming to an end on the 28th, I though I would post the entries in order of receiving them. 20 at a time each day until the competition closes se...

18 February, 2015

First shots with the Leitz Elmar 50mm f/3.5 (and Leica iiic)

By Hamish Gill

Concurrently to the first roll I put through the Contax T3, I also shot my first shots with the Leitz Elmar 50mm f/3.5. The iiic being the camera I am giving away in this compet...

16 February, 2015

First Roll with the Contax T3

By Hamish Gill

I feel like I’ve had the Contax T3 for quite a while already. I feel fairly familiar with it, I’m half way through putting together a review of it, yet I’ve on...

14 February, 2015

“Karmera” and the act of giving away your gear

By Hamish Gill

Sometimes in life the actions of other people can really surprise you. Unfortunately in our media driven world the surprise is too often actually one of shock or horror; shock o...

10 February, 2015

35mm Compact Photographer #11 – Rob MacKillop

By Rob MacKillop

First, a bit of background? As much or as little as you are comfortable sharing… Name, Where you are from, what you do, What else in life do you enjoy? that sort of thing? My na...

6 February, 2015

Win my Leica!

By Hamish Gill

Win my Leica! – I’ve decided to give away my Leica iiic as a prize in a 35mm point and shoot compact camera photo competition!

2 February, 2015

Leica M3 – a review, and some thoughts about finding the right version for me

By Hamish Gill

I'm not always rational when it comes to buying cameras, quite often I buy them just for the experience of owning and trying them. But when it comes to the Leicas, I've tried to...

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