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Leica Lens Review: 35mm Summicron f 2.0 | Adam Marelli

Conclusion On our last day they were setting up an American style carnival for the Venetian kids.  There were bumper cars, a merry-go-round, and the Italian version of a Gravitron except this one had a girl in micro shorts painted Read more …

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Martin Hartley takes his MP to the Edge of the Earth |
The Leica Camera Blog

  Following a treacherous 60-day trek covering 483 miles, Arctic explorer and photographer, Martin Hartley, has reached the North Pole with colleagues Ann Daniels and Charlie Paton. Recording photographs that would be impossible to take on digital equipment in the Read more …

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Sharpening and Finishing Fuji X-Trans Files in Photoshop
and Lightroom | Thomas Fitzgerald

This is the long awaited final (for now) part of my series on Processing X-Trans files. In my ongoing quest to get the best from Fuji’s raw files, I’ve previously discussed the issue with Lightroom’s processing, some alternative ways of Read more …

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Lightroom Analytics Plugin | Fernando Gros

Thanks to Piet Van den Eynde for showing me this cool (free) Lightroom pluginwhich helps photographers analyse their photo library. Run the plugin and you can see, in graphical form, the lenses you most commonly use, the cameras you rely Read more …

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Horses by the Sea | Rebecca Patience

West Cork, Ireland.2014. Leica M9-P | Voigtlander Nokton 50mm 1.5 ASPH VM One of the many countless blessings in my life is being able to share the love of photography with my husband. Besides shooting together continuously, we talk about Read more …

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Lens Coding Leica M system | Bernd Margotte

A classical rangefinder camera such as the Leica M model does not require any data transmission between the lens and the camera. With analogue film, there was no requirement for such a technique, but in the digital age it is Read more …

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ONA Celebrates 100 Years of Leica With New Limited Edition Bag | Fstoppers

ONA, makes of some pretty fine bags, are celebrating 100 years of Leica photography with a new bag called the Berlin. It is a limited-edition ONA bag designed for the Leica M-System. The signature Leica red interior is fully customizable, Read more …

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Nikon’s W-Nikkor 3.5cm 1.8 – Is This The Best 35mm Wide Angle
Ever Made For A Leica? | Leicaphilia

In 1956, two years after the introduction of the Nikon S2, Nikon delivered a stunning new 35mm (3.5cm) lens of 7 element 5 group design with a maximum aperture of 1:1.8.  It employed rare earth Lanthanum glass to improve spherical aberration and Read more …

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Mexico City | Daniel Zvereff

Daniel Zvereff is a freelance designer, illustrator and photographer. He travels to the far corners of the world documenting his journeys through images and journals. Last Wednesday morning I woke up somewhat hungover to face the usual work-related e-mails, along Read more …

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Leica Photography Is Dead. Leica Killed It. | Leicaphilia

Above are two of my favorite photographs from two of the twentieth century’s most skilled and creative photographers. Both are powerfully evocative while being deceptively banal, commonplace. A dog in a park; a couple with their child at the beach. Read more …