5 August, 2024
Leica CL – A Vindication
Born from a collaboration between Leitz and Minolta, the Leica CL was introduced in 1973 as a premium compact rangefinder camera with a 40mm Summicron lens as well as a 90mm f4,...
Today there are some who want to get into film and there are those who want to get back into film. I fall in the category of the latter, having started out with film beginning w...
12 February, 2024
Leica M4-P vs. Leica CL – and a Tale of Loss and New Experiences
My first encounter with 35mmc during the search for my first rangefinder camera in 2020. As a student back then, with a limited budget, the choices were rather narrow being spli...
After years of working as a concert photographer, I decided to move to analog full-time last year. The transition wasn’t easy—I had to reconcile the comfort of shooting 900 fram...
21 September, 2021
The Leica IIIF RD – My First Impressions – By Alyssa Chiarello
When I first saw the Leica IIIF, it was in a video someone posted on Instagram that demonstrated how to load film into the camera. I’d heard about these rangefinders being a rea...
This is a tale of my experiences with a Leica M10-D, but my journey with a digital M without a screen didn't start with this camera. I used a Leica M-D for a while in addition t...
When I first got my Leica M10-P I referred to it as being brilliantly underwhelming. This isn’t the most complimentary sounding comment I don’t think, but actually it comes from...
I bought my Leica M8 used in 2012. After dabbling in all sorts of digital cameras - Nikon, Fuji, and Olympus — I was looking to replicate the joy of my old Leica M4-2 so I final...