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 …

In mid June Sean Cranor at Camera West (the Rancho Mirage Leica Boutique) called to say my Leica M was on its way. Leica M’s are about as rare as hens teeth these days, so without a second thought, the Read more …

A concise overview of the M System covering bodies from the M3 to the M and a 58+ year history from 1954 through today. What are the differences or changes between each model? The Leica M system as we know Read more …

Leica – ein Begriff, der vielen ein begehrliches Glitzern in die Augen zaubert. Denn schließlich handelt es sich nicht um irgendeinen Fotoapparat, sondern um die Kleinbild-Kamera, die in den zwanziger Jahren die Welt der Fotografie revolutionierte. Die Geschichte der Firma, Read more …

I have always enjoyed using the Canon 135mm F2 L on Canon full-frame dSLRs because of its bokeh, so I have tried to replicate that on the Leica M’s. Unfortunately there is no such thing as a Leica 135mm F2 Read more …

The BP has got his hands on a Leica M 240, which means Kai gets to fiddle about it first and do a little review on it. The Typ 240 is taken out on the streets of Central, HK for Read more …

I thought I would add my comments on the Leica M240. By way of background, I owned a M9 previously and now shoot a M240. It has taken some time to get used to the M240 but the more I Read more …

For this comparison I used the Siemens testchart and the Image Engineering software, to eliminate any viewer-bias from the evaluation. As this test is meant for a comparison between camera sensors and maximum performance you have to eliminate as many Read more …