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Shooting the Milky Way with the Leica M10 (Zeiss Distagon 15mm f/2.8 ZM lens review)

General The widest M rectilinear lens that Leica makes today is the 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar ($2,995) if you don’t count the 16-18-21mm f/4 Tri-Elmar-M ($5,195). If you want to go wider, Zeiss and Voigtlander are the only options – Zeiss makes two super wide lenses, while Voigtlander has three: Distagon T* 15mm f/2.8 ZM ($4,600) […]

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Leica M10 lens report: Meyer-Optik Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 lens

The Meyer-Optik Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 is a full frame lens that is known for its “soap bubble bokeh”. The lens was born from a Kickstarted project in 2015 that raised almost $360,000 and is now available for purchase at B&H. The lens comes in many different mounts, including Leica M. Limited edition titanium and gold […]

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Goodbye Q (Leica Q camera review)

This Leica Q camera review is by Ata Mohammad Adnan (Website | Facebook | Flickr): It took me a good 3-4 years of photography to know about the existence of LEICA- or so I think. Anyway, I had never thought of buying any, until Leica came out with a revolutionary camera, a high end premium compact camera. […]

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Voigtlander Heliar 75mm f/1.8 VM lens review (with the Leica M10)

Leica M10 lens report: Voigtlander Heliar 75mm f/1.8 VM lens General   The Voigtlander Heliar 75mm f/1.8 VM lens ($699) is a good choice for portrait and general people photography as well as low light photography (see the sample photos further down in this post). No matter how experienced you are with a rangefinder camera, manually focusing […]

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Quick hands-on review of the Handevision IBERIT lenses on a Leica M10 camera

Several readers have been asking me to post some sample photos taken with the new Handevision IBERIT lenses for Leica M mount (check pricing and availability at B&H and Adorama). Here are 37 sphotos taken with the Handevision IBERIT 35mm f/2.4, 50mm f/2.4 and 75mm f/2.4 lenses on a Leica M10 camera (the jpg files are straight from the […]

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Voigtlander Heliar Vintage Line 50mm f/3.5 VM lens for Leica M mount review

General Ever since Voigtlander announced their Heliar Vintage Line 50mm f/3.5 VM full frame lens for Leica M mount ($529), I was curious to try it out and when I had the opportunity to shoot with it for a few days, I jumped right to it. This lens uses a unique historical design to match some […]

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Leica Q – the camera that inspired my creativity

Leica Q – the camera that inspired my creativity by Nick del Rosario (website | Instagram | 500px | Ello): On March of 2016, the day I decided that the Leica Q was the camera for me is a moment in time that I can forever say changed my life in the world of photography. My life […]

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Leica Q Typ 116 camera review

This Leica Q Typ 116 camera review is by K. Chae (Blog | Instagram | Website). If you have an interesting idea for a guest post, you can contact me here. A year with Q I’ve been a long time Leica M user, and as much as I love Leica brand, I never was as much intrigued in […]

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