Category Archives: Guest posts

Guest post: Leica Store Mayfair and Leica S2 in-depth review

By LR admin | Published: September 7, 2011

Today’s guest post about the Leica Store Mayfair and the Leica S2 camera is written by Brian Hirschfeld: Leica has stores? yup. They have all of their products in them? yup. And they actually sell them? yup*. That last yup* indicates a slight caveat to this answer. While they have every lens on display, they don’t have every [...]

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Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 Nokton lens review (guest post)

By LR admin | Published: April 5, 2011

Today’s guest post about the Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1 lens is written by Paulo Teixeira from 135street.com: Iʼve bought this lens driven by curiosity and considering that for the “small” investment the risks would certainly be surpassed by having a very fast glass in certain situations. So…this lens has always been seen as one for specific situations and [...]

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Guest post: Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.4 MC lens review by Xavier Lhospice

By LR admin | Published: January 16, 2011

Today’s guest post about the Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.4 MC lens on Leica M8 is written by Xavier Lhospice: I used the Leica 50mm Summilux lens on my Leica M6/7 cameras for years. Now, that I use a digital M8 with a crop factor of 1,33x, my favorite lens became a 65 mm. I needed a 35mm [...]

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Guest post: Nine reasons to travel with the Leica M9 by Adam Marelli

By LR admin | Published: December 20, 2010

Today’s guest post is from  Adam Marelli (www.adammarelliphoto.com): The release of the M8 did not convince me to go digital. While it was a big step forward, and some camera dealers swore a full frame M was not an option, I decided to hold out. The M9, and its custom Kodak CCD sensor, promised to [...]

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Leica photographers: Herbert Piel

By LR admin | Published: December 11, 2010

  In March of 2011 Herbert Piel will have a photo exhibition at the Leica Gallery in Solms, Germany.   Herbert Piel was born in 1957. He is a member of the German Photographic Society and the German Leica historical society. Herbert started taking photographs with his father’s Leica IIIg camera when he was ten year old. [...]

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