11 February, 2017
Hasselblad XPan – by Jef Price
I suppose that the Hasselblad X-Pan (or Fuji TX1 as it was for the Japanese market) is pressing it when it comes to the qualification of compact, but its bold design and co...
14 December, 2016
Leica M6 – In Praise of the Classic- by Hokari57
Simply put, It's my opinion that the Leica M6 is the best of the film M bodies that you can hope to shoot with. How I came to realize this only took me a MP, a M3 and a M4 to sh...
3 December, 2016
Leica M-D: To M-D or not to M-D? – By Adam Singer
So a man walks into a camera store - stop me if you have heard this one - and says, ‘ I want that new Leica MD’. That’s the full frame all singing but no dancing digital Leica w...
17 September, 2016
Leica CL Review (The Film Camera)
The Leica CL, along with its contemporary cousin the Leica M5, comes from a time in Leica's history that seems to have been a little rocky to say the least. Yet whilst Leica suf...
27 August, 2016
Hasselblad Xpan with a Nikon 35mm PC shift lens – FAQ
A week or so ago I shot a quick test roll through the Hasselblad Xpan II with a Nikon 35mm PC lens attached to the front of it. I had a lot of questions about that set up, so I ...
22 August, 2016
Leica M8 Review – A simple, digital, rangefinder
Released a decade ago, the M8 was Leica's first digital rangefinder. By the standards of most people, this thing is now old technology; it's long in the tooth, many times supers...
20 August, 2016
Contax G2 Review – The Gobi Desert – by Nicholas Koh
I sold off my Leica M6 to fund the purchase of the G2. Why did I switch from the M6, widely considered one of the best film cameras money could buy, to the G2?
I've owned my Leica IIIa for about 4 months now, and it has never stopped giving me pleasure in photography.