Can a playground provide a motif for a series of b&w pictures? There's only one way to find out - so I stepped through the gate. It was one of those sunny early winter mornings ...
19 February, 2020
Pushing T-Max 400 to EI3200 with a Leica M3 Monochrom and First-Gen Summilux 35mm f/1.4 – Steven Bleistein
If you shoot monochrome film, you don’t have to make do with shooting at box speed if it is a higher speed that you want, and if that is the case for you, you should not hesitat...
4 September, 2019
5 Frames and a Movie during the Morning Rush with a Leica M240 and First Generation Summilux 35mm f/1.4 – By Steven Bleistein
Tokyo is notorious for its morning commute rush with most Tokyoites enduring packed trains for an hour or more—which is precisely why I try to avoid peak hours as much as possib...
30 June, 2019
5 Frames with a First-Gen Leica Summilux 35mm f/1.4 Wide Open and a Leica M240 – by Steven Bleistein
About two years back I was perusing Leica lens offerings on eBay and came across this gem, a first generation Leica Summilux 35mm f/1.4. It was the black chrome version and appe...
18 June, 2015
First shots with the Leica M Edition 60
I realised something today that made me smile. This Leica M edition 60 with its matching 35mm Summilux is the first digital Leica M I’ve spent any time with. I’ve sn...