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Digiscoping with the Leica M 240 and Leica spotting scope APO-Televid 82

This guest post on digiscoping with the Leica M 240 ($6,950) and the Leica spotting scope APO-Televid 82 ($2,999) is by Gunnar Olssons Foto: When Leica Camera Inc. released the new M camera (240) with live view and movie function arose the possibility of using the camera for digiscoping. That is, the ability to connect […]

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Guest post: Why I Am Leaving Leica for Micro Four Thirds

Today’s guest post is by J Shin: This is the morning of Christmas, 2012, and I am facing a moral crisis. For years, I have not made a major photo equipment purchase. My partner and I have a deal where my income needs to meet a certain benchmark before I can purchase another one. I have […]

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Guest post: Japan, Australia, India and Nepal with a Leica M7

Today’s guest post is by Iain Parker (www.zvezdaphoto.co.uk) who documented his trip to Japan, Australia, India and Nepal with a Leica M7: In May-August of this year my wife Ulyana and I went on our honeymoon, four counties in three months, Japan, Australia, India and Nepal. Ulyana is a painter and I am a photographer. […]

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Guest post: Street photography with Leica M Monochrom and Noctilux M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH lens

Today’s guest post about shooting the Leica M Monochrome with the Noctilux M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH lens is by Rob van Keulen (flickr stream): As a digital camera specialist and product manager I get the chance now and then to play with new and exiting stuff. I used to own a Sony A700 with a […]

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

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)

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

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

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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