The Leica M3 DS – Double Stroke vs. Single Stroke | 35MMC
Since writing my first Leica M3 post – and in fact actually not long after I published it – I found myself in the possession of a rather tatty Leica M3 double stroke. At the time of writing this first post Read more …
Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246) review | Angela Nicholson
Unlike the sensors inside the vast majority of digital cameras, the sensor inside Leica’s Monochrom doesn’t have a ‚traditional‘ RGGB Bayer pattern filter. This means that it can’t produce colour images, only black and white – hence the camera’s name. Read more …
Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246) Review: Preview | Mike Tomkins
In mid-2012, Leica announced perhaps one of its most unique digital cameras to date. The Leica M Monochrom took the body of the M9-P, and swapped in a full-frame CCD image sensor that lacked a color filter. Without filtering, the Read more …
Cuba No Colour – With The Leica Monochrom | Nick Devlin
Havana is a city of legend and ruin, richness and privation. It is also, indisputably, a city of colour in the popular mind. So travelling there with nothing but a Leica Monochrom was surely madness. Truth be told, this is Read more …
Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246) Review | David Farkas
Many in the photographic community have speculated that it was only a matter of time until Leica made a monochrome version of the M (Typ 240), more commonly known as the M240. The original M Monochrom, perhaps now better referred Read more …
The Leica M2 | 35mmc
The M2 was Leica’s answer to a requirement for a more affordable and more versatile M camera. In many regards it can be seen as a simplified Leica M3, but actually as far as the history of the Leica M Read more …
Hands-on with the Leica M Monochrom 246 | Mirrorlessons
As rumours predicted, today Leica announced the new M Monochrom (Typ 246) which replaces the first digital Monochrom released back in 2012. The camera is essentially a Leica M Typ 240 with the difference that it only delivers black and Read more …
The Leica Monochrom (Typ 246) April 2015 | Jonathan Slack
When Leica announced the Leica Monochrom in May 2012 it was a real game changer. A very bold move which turned out to be an outstanding success. I was lucky enough to take a prototype to China before the launch Read more …
Sensors and Sensibility : The Leica M (246) Monochrom | Gregory Simpson
Each morning, a sound with the ironic name of “silk” punctuates the dawn and snatches me cruelly from a blissful slumber. I fumble for the iPad, shut off its alarm and immediately launch my email app. Nothing jolts me back into a Read more …
Leica unveils M Monochrom (Typ 246) | Amateur Photographer
Leica has announced the M Monochrom (Typ 246), an updated version of its black & white-only rangefinder camera. Whereas the original M Monochrom was based on the M9 with its 18MP CCD sensor, the new model is based on the Read more …