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 …
Leica M and the execution of King Charles I | Mike Evans
It is 366 years on January 30 since Oliver Cromwell and his henchmen executed the second Stuart king, Charles I, at what is now the Banqueting House in Whitehall. It heralded eleven years of republic, or Commonwealth, before the Restoration of Charles’s Read more …
Leica M Monochrom review | Techradar
The Leica M-Monochrom is like no other camera on the market and it’s extremely difficult to pass judgement on it by way of comparison. This test provided one of those rare occasions where I enjoyed looking at the pictures produced 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 …
Applied Relativity: The Leica M-A | Gregor Simpson
A couple years ago, I was out shooting on the streets with a late–1940’s model Leica III. As often happens, a stranger approached me, pointed at my camera and struck up a conversation. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, the dialogue Read more …
365 Days with the Leica M Monochrom | Simon Puschmann
Simon is an acclaimed, award-winning commercial photographer. For more than 20 years, he has been creating his own brand of dramatic, unexpected imagery for a prestigious clientele, including Audi, Citroen, BMW, BMW Sauber F1, Mercedes Benz, Doc Martens, FC St. Pauli, 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 …
Leica M-system camera compendium | Leica News
The Leica M system was launched in 1954 when the M3 was introduced. The camera was named after the German word for rangefinder (“Meßsucher”) and the number of framelines that can be displayed in the viewfinder. The M3 featured several Read more …