In the years 1933 to 1935, Dr. Paul Wolff, with the advocacy and assistance of Ernst Leitz II, mounted his famous traveling exhibition of Leica images to popularize the Leica camera and its capabilities. The 200 images traveled across western Europe and to both...
FOUR Leica enthusiasts for a group photo while attending an April 1999 Camera Fair in Italy. They are Gianni Rogliatti, C. Sartorius, Paul Henry van Hasbroeck, and Jim Lager.
THE British magazine MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY circa 1930 illustrates what appears to be the earliest FISON lens shade mounted to a Leica A. The rectangular opening rotated as the lens was focused making it necessary to reorient...
Photography can be a solitary pursuit.You know how you want the scene to look to tell your story. But it requires your single-minded attention to stay on track, while being alert for interesting side trips. Manual tools also need focused concentration...
I am now in early retirement and my spending ability is more limited, so I was extremely fortunate in that I was able to recently buy a used Leica T camera for about two-thirds less than the price of a new one. It has a condition rating of 9+ which...
THE ICE IS SUBTLE & ALLURING, SEDUCTIVE & DANGEROUS. ANTARCTICA, the frozen continent is a unique and extreme environment. Ice defines the terrestrial and marine limits of an area extending beyond 14 million km3 (5.4 million...
The Leica M-D (Type 262) was the first non-special edition digital Leica with no LCD. Taking a user back to the days of film, the Leica M-D forces a photographer to use exposure setting skills with no feedback to modify over- or under-exposure. The challenge...
In 1959 Fidel Castro, Camilo Cienfuegos, and Che Guevara successfully overthrew the Batista government and took over in Havana. Back in Indiana, in 1959, my mother gave me my first camera. She challenged me to go out and make photographs that were “classic”....
by Mark BohrerDon't bring a knife to a gunfight, right?Conventional wisdom says use a long lens for wildlife - at least 400mm, and longer is better for birds. And leave the short lenses at home?Not really. Alongside the super-telephoto on the DSLR,...
Alfred Wehner is one of the founders of Leica Historica (the German Leica society), and editor of its VIDOM journal from its founding in 1975 to 2006. Alfred Wehner explains his piece "Schätzen" for us. “This text is from what I wrote in VIDOM Nr. 88 (2005)....
