Leica literature dated 1940-1943 exists in the German and Italian languages. Research suggests this material was never prepared in English. The samples illustrated discuss cameras, lenses, and accessories. Note the period hair styling of the female models....
In the house where I grew up there was a room that served as a laundry room, a storage room, and — with a bit of re-arranging — a darkroom. Against one wall was a secondhand steel desk, whose drawers contained a multitude of used cameras. They...
Perhaps I will be able to provide a slightly different perspective on this new camera because my experience and needs likely differ from those of the many other excellent reviewers with articles already in Viewfinder and elsewhere, who are professional...
If you happen to like working with the older Leica gear, one of the very important accessories for macro work, still adaptable to any Leica camera SM, M or R — or indeed any ILC or DSLR — is the Bellows II, 16556 (1961 - 1983). The Bellows II came...
Every trip to Israel is an amazement in what is irrevocably ancient, fundamentally true and what it is utterly ultra modern; traditional; revolutionary; orthodox; mundane; heavenly; conflicted. A complex nation of many tribes, pilgrims from every...
What exactly is a user-collectible camera? It depends on whom you ask, but the term usually refers to cameras that are worthy of cherishing as beautiful objects and examples of technology, but can also be used for their intended purpose, namely taking...
In this installment of the LHSA "How To" video series, Ashwin Rao, shares his 5 tips on How to Choose a Leica Camera. Ashwin has been a Leica photographer for 10 years. In this “How To” video series, Helen Todd sat down with Ashwin to discuss...
To get the best out of every image, photographers should understand how to correctly size image files, whether they are from a digital camera or a scanned image from film. Most importantly, you don't want to create an image file that is too small. A good...
This is an occasional effort to reintroduce the long out of production “screw mount” (or “Barnack”) cameras to an increasing population of relatively new owners.This time we’ll talk about the mysteries of the IIIf ’s flash sync. The IIIf...
There are two kinds of Leica photographers. There are those who believe fast Leica lenses have the option of shooting wide open. Then there are those like myself who believe fast Leica lenses have the option of stopping down. The distinction may seem...
