The Cult Of The Leica Camera | Esquire

The camera arrives in a thin, brown cardboard box. Inside the box is another box, also cardboard, but this time shiny silver with a small red dot on the side. One opens the top and the sides fall away in Read more …

The Leica Mystique – The M9 and M240 | Blogarithms

Ultimately, it’s really all about the lenses. Other than the least expensive ones (which are still very expensive for us mere mortals) they’re gorgeous. Probably the best lenses you can buy. As far as the bodies, would you like to Read more …

A day with a Leica Master | Chris Bilodeau

It’s not often that you get to spend time with a true master.  I heard about Youxin Ye online from pretty much everyone on the planet that is somehow connected to Leica cameras.  Just ask anyone who the best person Read more …

Leica M or M Monochrome, the cruel dilemma…. and decision time! |
Fae Photographies

Equipped of a M9 since few month, I started a reflection to choose his successor, the M Monochrome or the M? We must choose so I propose to share with you the path who allows me to decide. To immediately Read more …

Leica 90mm lenses – The Summarit, Thambar, Summicron,
Tele-Elmarit and other Leitz 90mm lenses | Thorsten Overgaard

The Leica Summarit lenses have an aura of „not good enough“ about them. The „Summarit Quartet“ of the 35mm, 50mm, 75mm and 90mm f/2.5-lenses was born during a period with changing CEOs and changing ownership of Leica Camera AG. What Read more …

Is Leica the Right Camera for You? | Benjamin Parks

Leica is to photographers what the Stradivarius is to violinists: not only the ‘best’ tool from a technical perspective, but also the one with the most ‘spirit’ – the one that represents photography and what it means to be a Read more …

Why Leica? | Matt Day

While there’s already a certain mystique to Leica cameras, specifically the Leica M series, I’ve always wanted to express my feelings and thoughts on the subject. It often becomes a conversation piece whenever I’m talking to other photographers and certainly, Read more …

40 Photos That Will Make You Want A Leica Camera | Jack Archer

In the camera world, Leica is pretty much the Rolex of the industry. They make gorgeous, high quality, and iconic cameras that can take one hell of a photograph with the right person behind the lens. Sure, there’s a few Read more …

How I lost my Leica equipment and what happened next | Witold Riedel

The following story has some parts that might feel a bit strange to some, and yet will feel completely familiar to others. I guess that’s how stories go. When reading it, some will dislike me for some of the facts, Read more …

Zeiss Distagon 35 1.4 ZM Review (on Leica M9) | Markus Gerhards

I have to admit that i love the rendering of Leica lenses on my M9 camera and i never owned or even shot a Zeiss lens before. I even decided against an upgrade to the M type 240 because of Read more …