The Difference Between Black and White Digital and Film Explained | Leicaphilia

For those of us practiced in traditional silver halide photography, it’s obvious that b&w images (are there really any other kind?) made with film are different than digital b&w. Run your RAW files through any b&w film emulation program you Read more …

Five Countries, One Camera: Travels with the Leica Q | Kirsten Vignes

It happened by accident really. A few years ago,  a couple girlfriends and I started talking about getting together. Life had taken us in different directions and we were living in opposite corners of the country. We would all have Read more …

Love & Pain – the Leica Q | Nicole Struppert

The last few weeks I got many emails where people asked me what settings I use with my Leica Q. I thought it would be the best to write a blog post to share my settings and how I use Read more …

New Horizons Part III: The Leica Monochrom | Ajit Menon

It’s been a while since I’ve now had the Leica Monochrom (Typ 246) and as such, I’ve had some time to collect my thoughts about the camera. My path to owning this latest iteration of Leica’s purely monochrome camera was Read more …

The “Q” … My First Experience with a Leica | Mirrorless Madness

The Leica Q has been on my wish list since I first read about it when it was announced on June 10, 2015.  Why?  Well first, it’s made by the renowned German camera maker, Leica, plus it has a full Read more …

Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246) | Mehrdad Samak-Abedi

Es gibt so Kameras, die sind einfach was Besonderes. Es sind meist Produkte, die eine kleine Nische bedienen, sei es aufgrund ihres Aufnahmeformats, des Aufnahmemediums und/oder ihres Preises. Diese Kameras haben meist die Eigenschaft zu polarisieren! Es gibt glühende Verfechter Read more …

Leica M Typ 240 Winter Landscape Field Test | Andy Tobin

Can a Leica M handle harsh winter conditions while providing excellent quality landscape images, and retaining it’s legendary usability? That was the question I had in mind as I set out for a fortnight of photography in Assynt, in the far Read more …

Leica M262 Review: The rangefinder M returns to its roots | Mike Evans

While it will perform exactly as the more expensive 240, the 262 is intriguing precisely because of its relative simplicity and purity of concept. By all accounts it has had a very positive reception among dedicated rangefinder enthusiasts. M262 and Read more …

Leica MP review | Børge Indergaard

Mechanical Perfection. That’s what the MP abbreviation means according to Leica. Is the MP labeling just marketing, or is there some truth to it? Is it really mechanical perfection? For about a year now, I’ve been using the Leica MP Read more …

Why I (Still) Love Leica | Leicaphilia

In a world where most manufacturers have abandoned all-metal construction and favor automated assembly, Leica M bodies and lenses continue to push the envelope of supremely compact, superbly constructed, photographic tools. Their newest optical offerings, the 24/1.4 and 28/1.4, continue Read more …