We were delighted to see our Oxford leather camera wrist strap in the December 2023 issue of Amateur Photographer magazine. In the issue, photographer Damien Demolder writes: “Some camera straps are bigger than the cameras they are strapping, and some have such bright funky designs they really draw attention. I like a small camera with […]
Anyone who has followed our brand for any amount of time, will no doubt know that we have a love affair with Leica. Primarily their film cameras. There is, quite simply, no other camera in the world that performs as perfectly as a Leica film camera. We’ve been using a Leica M3 from 1954 nearly […]
Today is World Environment Day So we thought we’d take a moment and share with you what we are currently doing as a company and will do in the future to help protect this beautiful planet of ours. For the last year, all of our Kensington and Oxford leather camera straps have been shipping in […]
Last year we launched our new, revised line of luxury camera messenger bags. We kept many of the features that our customers told us they loved about the bags. But added a few bits here and removed a few bits there. The revised bag was lighter, backpack convertible and even more robust than our previous […]
Revised Camera Messenger Bags This month we officially launch our new, revised camera messenger bags. We launched our initial range of camera messenger bags in 2016 to rave reviews. With many of the world’s leading photography websites hailing them as the finest camera messenger bags available today. However, in true Hawkesmill style, we didn’t rest […]
New stitched leather camera straps In the past few months we have had an outcry for additional leather camera straps with stitching, to go along with our riveted leather camera straps. Most of those putting a stitched leather camera strap on their wishlist are Leica users, who are notorious for babying their gear. Rightfully so. […]
Hawkesmill.com version 2.0 launches today Today is a very proud day at Hawkesmill headquarters. Because today we officially launch our new website. You see, when we created our camera bags and straps we initially had no idea how many people would actually buy them. We knew our designs were unique and we also knew that […]
New leather luggage tags Last week we launched a new range of premium leather luggage tags. These luggage tags have been developed with Grays of Westminster, the world’s first “Nikon only” camera store, to celebrate Nikon’s 100th anniversary. It was an honour to be asked to make these for Grays as there are a lot […]