16 February, 2024
5 Frames with Five Fifties and a Leica SL (Typ 601)
The bearded man passed the grey box to me. It was heavy, heavier than I expected. It also had it inside. It sensed I had it and it called to me. I hefted the box, looking u...
Prior to vacation, as a photographer, what causes you the most stress? In this world there are a myriad of valid concerns. For me it’s which camera or c...
8 October, 2018
5 Frames With A Fed 4 Russian Rangefinder – By Julian Higgs
This Fed 4 Rangefinder camera came into and out of my collection almost silently. My wife and I had travelled to Gloucestershire to visit family and took a walk into the lovely ...
For my approach to photography I find that 50mm makes sense for a lens with the greatest capacity for intimacy in an image. 90mm is my go-to for street composition involving lar...
9 January, 2018
5 Frames with a Leica CL and Jupiter-8 – By Simon King
I’ve gone through a handful or so of Leica CL cameras, which is more than I expected to when I first started photography. Film was never my area, so when I bought my first...
If you've been following this series of posts about the path I've been walking to find myself a perfect classic Sonnar, you will have likely come to the conclusion that I've bec...
In the last post in this series I talked bout how viable it is to use an unmodified Jupiter-8 on a Leica rangefinder - following on from that, I thought I might like to find out...
...I thought I'd write this about how well a few unmodified later model, easy to find, imperfect focusing Jupiter-8 lenses work when used on a Leica rangefinder. Really, this is...