Hamish Gill
@hamishgill.bsky.social
I run a website called 35mmc, a creative agency called F8 Creates and a Coworking space called The Kiln. I also invented pixl-latr and cofounded Omnar lenses.
Kamerakraft Nikon Zf Thumb Grip Review
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
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November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Kamerakraft Nikon Zf Thumb Grip Review
Agima – AGI’s follow-up to the Agimatic
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...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Agima – AGI’s follow-up to the Agimatic
7Artisans 35mm 1.8 AF (Z Mount) Review
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
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November 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
7Artisans 35mm 1.8 AF (Z Mount) Review
Does anyone know anyone in the UK that would service a Corfield Periflex?
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Does anyone know anyone in the UK that would service a Corfield Periflex?
5 Frames with a Leica 1c
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.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
5 Frames with a Leica 1c
Leica vs Leica – M vs R cameras & lenses and thoughts on Rangefinders & SLRs
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
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October 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Leica vs Leica – M vs R cameras & lenses and thoughts on Rangefinders & SLRs
New Film Cameras: The Lomography MC-A and SilverBridges WideluxX
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,
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October 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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
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...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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 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
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October 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Mr. Ding Pactcron 35mm f/1.8 Review
Leica iiig – a Filmfurbish Edition / Rose Tinted 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!
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October 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Leica iiig – a Filmfurbish Edition / Rose Tinted Review
Papershoot – A “Real” Photographer’s 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
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October 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Papershoot – A “Real” Photographer’s Review
Wider Than Wide-Angle – 15mm for Documentary Photography
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
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September 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Wider Than Wide-Angle – 15mm for Documentary Photography
Contax 167MT – an outstanding, but overlooked tool
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
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September 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Contax 167MT – an outstanding, but overlooked tool
Solinon Optik 18mm f/5.6 ASPH Review & Super Wides are Not Just for Buildings
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.
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September 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Solinon Optik 18mm f/5.6 ASPH Review & Super Wides are Not Just for Buildings
Capturing Nova Scotia on Film
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
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September 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Capturing Nova Scotia on Film
Worldwide Half-Frame Photography Day 6th September 2025!
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...
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September 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Worldwide Half-Frame Photography Day 6th September 2025!
Analogue Photography: A Personal Journey – Part 2 – Embracing Colours
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
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September 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Analogue Photography: A Personal Journey – Part 2 – Embracing Colours
Contax T – The OG one The Kardashians should’ve had
Contax T - The OG one The Kardashians should've had
Whoever hasn’t handled one of these, should. The Contax T is much better value than a T2 and more satisfying to use.
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August 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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
August 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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
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!
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August 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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
By Jonathan Leavitt
By Jonathan Leavitt
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
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August 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
MS-Optics 50mm F1.0 ISM – The Magic Lens that Refuses to Take a Bad Picture
By Jonathan Leavitt
By Jonathan Leavitt
Light Lens Lab 50mm f2 rigid review
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
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August 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Light Lens Lab 50mm f2 rigid review
Kodachrome 25 K14 – My first and last ever 2 rolls and remembering the ContaxG Pages site
Kodachrome 25 K14 - My first and last ever 2 rolls and remembering the ContaxG Pages site
Linc told me that the Kodachrome 25 was better than the 64, I've now no way of finding that out anymore. But at least I managed to shoot two rolls
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July 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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
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 ...
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July 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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
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
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July 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Analogue Photography: A Personal Journey – part 1 – Black & White, The Dictates of the Time