The first lens I procured for my Leica M3 body was a 1958 Summicron 50mm f/2 Dual Range (DR). The Dual Range is unique among Leica 50mm Summicrons because it allows for close ra...
15 April, 2020
Infrared Photography with an Unmodified Leica M240 and an R720nm filter – By Steven Bleistein
Infrared photography has long been a subject of fascination for me. Last year, I wrote about my experience shooting and developing Rollei Infrared 400 film, and concluded that w...
30 October, 2019
5 frames with 5 Leicas – by Per Wilhelmsson
I am honored to be a guest blogger on 35mmc - a blog/webpage that I have been reading for quite some time. When I got the question if I could make a post, I thought of what I sh...
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...
4 June, 2019
Leica 35mm f/2 eight-element Summicron and Leica M240 – Candid Portraits – By Steven Bleistein
The first generation Leica Summicron 35mm f/2 eight-element lens with attached optics, often called goggles, were made for the Leica M3 to convert its .91x 50mm finder frame, th...
11 February, 2019
Leica M [typ 240] Review – A brief relationship
I’ve spent the last month or so shooting with a Leica M [typ 240]. I bought it as temporary replacement camera after my M262 had to pay a little trip to Germany for some repair ...
I've shared quite a bit of my work on here before, so I thought I'd offer something a little different with this article. Unlike my pervious "5 Frames With" contributions this o...