Introducing… Our first „Exposure“ post. Each week, we’ll be exposing one random (Leica) photographer who’s work we enjoy. If you feel you’ve got the chops and want some exposure or would like to nominate someone, by all means – contact Read more …

I’ve been working on this project for over a year now and the strings are the last instruments to be added before mixing. Over the last 12 months I’ve become close to the details in each of these songs but, Read more …

Lenses can be like old friends. You love them dearly, but — for some reason or another — you may lose contact with them. On renewing the relationship, everything often falls back into place, as though the intervening years had Read more …

This year, Leica turns 100. The “Leitz”, the first camera for 35mm film, was brought to market back in 1914 by Oskar Barnack. Just what is it it that makes Leicas so special in the eyes of so many great Read more …

Taking My Time photographer Joel Meyerowitz describes how he searches for ephemeral connections between things around him – then puts them in the frame…..See on nicolestruppert.com

Leica gibt einem schon beim Auspacken das Gefühl, etwas besonderes in die Hand zu nehmen. Mit so viel Liebe eingepackt… Wer das erste Mal versucht mit einer Leica zu fotografieren, fühlt sich vermutlich viele Jahre zurückversetzt – klobiges Design, kein Read more …

….there are those who champion full frame cameras because they are “better” in every way than crop sensor cameras; it’s a valid opinion insofar that it applies to their own experiences. But others will express the same sense of satisfaction Read more …

You might often hear Leica gear, much like say – BMW or Mercedes cars – described as a „luxury good.“ While we don’t necessarily dispute that, there’s a lot more to it than that. Sure they’re all nice things. But Read more …

Like a squadron of flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz, the Leica M (a/k/a M240) is now shipping in production quantities. No one will ever know why production was so choked for so long. Regardless, these are some first impressions Read more …

I’ve taken getting on for 40,000 images with the M over the last year – It’s become second nature to use, and whilst there are some changes I’d like to see to the firmware, faster startup times wouldn’t go amiss, Read more …