“Monochrome is the new color” The world was introduced to color photography when Kodak introduced the revolutionary Kodachrome film in 1935. But fast forward to 2012, Leica decided that “monochrome is the new color”, and wants to turn back the Read more …

Conversation with my wife: Don’t worry honey, I will not buy that camera.  I promise not to spend a bunch of money on another Leica. Conversation with my photographer friends and colleagues (including Michael Reichmann): I have all this Leica Read more …

The Leica M is the most flexible, adaptable and user-friendly of the range of sensor-equipped M-bodies since the launch of the M8 in 2006. The major new introductions since that moment have been the M9 in 2009, the M Monochrom Read more …

Arina Dähnick was born in 1965 and grew up in Hamburg, Germany. At 17 years old, Arina had the opportunity to present her photos at an exhibition and later completed a practical training at the photo press agency Transglobe. She works Read more …

For me, the M4 is the camera that reached the pinnacle of analog design. It was the natural sequel to the M2 and M3 designs into one body with a few more bells and whistles added. The one time Leica Read more …

Highend Leica M Monochrom (2013) meets antique fine print technique (1873): Leica M Monochrom Platinum-Palladium-Print. In this video Manuel Gomes Teixeira shows the single steps necessary in the printing process: image capture to post-processing, printing of a large format negatives, the complex steps of Read more …

To release the new Leica M-Monochrom, the world’s first B&W digital camera, we decided to remind people that some of the greatest photographers in history have used a Leica. Every Leica has a soul. And now everyone can photograph with Read more …

The first full day we had our Leica Monochrom — which arrived one year ago this past week — we took the above picture and amazed ourselves.  Not that the photo was so good, but we marveled at the strange Read more …

So am I happy with the M9-P? For the most part, yes. The image quality, within its optimal range, is stunning – as good as the output of any 35mm/ FX camera I’ve seen to date (the D800E may be Read more …

Conclusion On our last day they were setting up an American style carnival for the Venetian kids.  There were bumper cars, a merry-go-round, and the Italian version of a Gravitron except this one had a girl in micro shorts painted Read more …