Why B&W Photography? | Leicaphilia

I really like Robert Frank. If I have a photographic mentor, it would be Robert Frank. He’s known mainly for The Americans, but I prefer his earlier European work – Valencia and England/Wales, both of which have a raw immediacy and Read more …

Leica Summicron-T 23mm f/2 ASPH | Jim Fisher

Leica chose its first prime lens for the T mirrorless camera system wisely. The Leica Summicron-T 23mm f/2 ASPH. ($1,850) matches the field of view and light gathering capability of the quintessential Leica optic, the 35mm Summicron that has adorned many Read more …

Leica Summicron 75mm f2 APO | Matthew Osborne

Without doubt my biggest frustration with the Leica M cameras is the rangefinder focus system only focusing as close as 0.7M. After coming from a Nikon D800 DSLR camera I was used to working very close to my subjects to Read more …

Rebecca Lily Pro Set III presets for Lightroom & Photoshop –
A taste of film in your digital work | MirrorLessons

Exactly one year ago, I reviewed the Rebecca Lily Pro Set II for Lightroom. I became interested in these presets because some of them were specifically designed for the Fujifilm X-Trans sensor and at the time, the Adobe software hadn’t yet added the Film Read more …

Rebecca Lily’s new Pro Set | Jakob

I am a preset guy. With two kids and two jobs, I am a big fan of anything that can speed up my workflow. I own the VSCO suite, Replichrome 1 & 2, AlienSkin’s Exposure and Red Leaf’s film emulsions. Read more …

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Summer Holidays … | Thomas Menk

…. until end of August Have a nice time :-)

A Prospectus On The Leica M-9P vs. Fuji X-Pro1 | Bryan Jones

Over the next little while, I am looking forward to comparing and contrasting the Leica M9 experience with the Fuji X-Pro1, a rangefinder style camera that in many ways is the Leica M9s contemporary, yet has shown Leica the way forward. Read more …

Leica M (Typ 240) Review | ePhotozine

Rangefinder, the optical viewfinder doesn’t show the image through the lens, instead a small central window is used to focus the camera. Due to the Leica M Typ 240 featuring live view, for the first time in the Leica M Read more …

The Leica 75mm Summarit f/2.5 (short review) | Peter Prosophos

Conclusion The Leica 75mm Summarit (f/2.5) is capable of rendering with impressive sharpness and very pleasing bokeh.  It’s perhaps too sharp for some types of portraiture and its bokeh may be marginally less smooth as compared to some of Leica’s Read more …

Shooting on 6th Street: Comparing the Fujifilm X100S to the Leica M |
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The Fujifilm X100S is no slouch. It doesn’t have the pedigree or the history of the Leica M series cameras but at $1300, you can buy nearly 7 of them for the price of the Leica M and the 28mm Read more …