In 2016 Leica started reissuing their old legendary lenses with the first one of this series being the Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 and later followed with this new version of the Thambar, the Leica Thambar-M 90mm f/2.2 on October 17th 2017. The original...
Death Valley National Park was dedicated in 1933 by President Herbert Hoover and at 3.3 million acres (13,300 km2) is one of the largest in the Park Service. Straddling eastern California and western Nevada, Death Valley is home to a congeries of phantasmagoric...
I traveled on Hapag-Lloyd container ships for six weeks to document the work and the life that takes places on board. Coming from Hamburg, I’m often down by the Elbe River and watch the giant ships entering and leaving the port. It’s always been my dream...
In 2008 Dr. Kisselbach’s important book “Barnacks Erste Leica” was published, but only in a German-language edition. The next year, I wrote a review of that book for Viewfinder (Vol. 42, No. 3, 2009, pp 8-10), owing to the fact that no one else...
In 2015, the LHSA Board approved a project to translate, publish and sell the English edition of Ulf Richter’s excellent book: Oskar Barnack – From the Idea to the Leica. The book is now available to LHSA members as part of LHSA’s 50th Anniversary...
The short base MOOLY Leica Motor is usually numbered under 3000. The first long base units for the IIIc/IIId began at 3495 (chrome finish) in 1941. During decades of research I have recorded very few short base models above 3000. Have any survived? Send...
The Leica Society is proud to announce the recipient of the first annual LHSA Photography Grant: Ksenia Kuleshova. The announcement was made during the 50th anniversary annual meeting in Chicago at the Saturday night closing banquet. Ksenia will receive...
Each year for three days in June, fans come together to celebrate the truly original American music known simply as Bluegrass. What better way to capture a musical genre that is directly tied to the American experience than with Leica cameras that are themselves...
Ask anyone that enjoys shooting photographs with a Leica, and I'll bet they know what a Leica M3 is. But, would they know what a Leica IXMOO is and would they know about the different variations in the IXMOO? Maybe not. I have been shooting film for decades...
The 25th Anniversary of the Leica’s introduction was observed in 1939. A prominent blue and silver sticker adorned the Leica Dealers Bulletin 44, December 1939. In 1949 metal discs were prepared to advertise dealer status for Leica equipment and Leitz...
