I lucked out when Will Wright accepted my invitation to drive up in October for an overnight at our home here in the New Hampshire outback. Dick Gilcreast was on board to join Will and me for a Leica shoot of fall foliage colors, covered bridges and anything...
Dr. Stefan Immes, CEO of net SE, parent company of Meyer Optik Gorlitz and Oberwerth bags, attended our recent annual meeting in Washington DC. At the trade show, he had several examples of his Oberwerth bags for sale. Oberwerth is a newcomer to the high...
Film is making a resurgence. Whether this is the final gasp of air or a new breath of life has yet to be determined.While big names like Kodak and Fuji are cutting production of once iconic photographic mediums, and labs across the country...
E Leitz, Inc. represented the Leica in the United States beginning in the 1920’s. Envelopes, brochures, catalogues, memos, and other documents trace the location of the Company. Form New York City to the New Jersey suburbs the illustrated addresses...
The earliest reflex housing designed to fit the Leica appears to be the Astro Berlin Identoscope of 1933. Two years later Leitz Wetzlar introduced the PLOOT assembly. In 1936 Ihagee debuted the Kina Exacta and the Russian Sport camera was introduced....
In preparation for a 3-week long photographic tour of Japan, we immersed ourselves in haiku and the Tale of Genji, studied political history, embraced the aesthetic of Japanese garden design, and ate a lot of sushi. Albert packed his two Leica...
On the subject of extra focal lengths to carry when out looking for pictures, one very useful lens can be a serious telephoto of 400mm or more. The lens in this instance is the 400mm f/6.8 Telyt in Visoflex mount, last mentioned by this writer...
