First 30 minutes with my Leica M240. Cold. Fingers numb outside. But great weight, great size and several immediate love items. The shutter sound is absolutely all is cracked up to be. It sounds very similar to my film Leica MP. No annoying spring rewind that the M8’s and M9’s…
You don’t always know if you made the right decision until sometimes well after you made it. This was the case with the Fuji X-T1. I already had an X-Pro1, and X100s and an X-E2. Why did I want an X-T1? I labored over that thought for a few hours…
I have an article on What Makes a Great Lens about half-way drafted. As I was working on it, I received back from Leica, NJ my Chrome version of the Leica Elmarit-M 24mm f/2.8 ASPH lens. I had it 6-bit coded and a CLA performed (as an aside, Josh Lehrer at Leica…
In continuing with the celebration of 100 Years of Leica, I added this image to my collection. It was 28 degrees and I walked through downtown Rock Hill where my office is. The snow was beginning to fall again in what would later be almost a foot. For this part…
Admittedly, I live in the south. But, I grew up in the mountains and I love a good snow in the winter. I would not call our first snowfall ‘good’, but some is better than none for photography! The snow started very late in the day and was a…
Almost sounds like a tongue-twister, huh? This particular shot drew me because the lights from the overhang on the York County Chamber light up the sidewalk even when it’s still dark outside. If you’ve been watching my photography over the last year, you know that I have been concentrating on…
According to Leica Rumors, today is the 100 year anniversary of the birth of 35mm photography. The claim to fame comes from the creation of the very first Leica, the Leitz Camera, by Oscar Barnack 100 years ago today. There are many celebrations and events that will occur throughout 2014…
The monochrom is a joy to use no matter the occasion. In fact, it sits in my bag next to my fully loaded Leica MP. But something my black and white film work lacks that the Monochrom fills nicely is night shooting. Some refer to night shooting as long exposures…
I love the Leica Monochrom. Today I shot the Monochrom along side my Leica MP with TMax 100 loaded. Of course, I am way to slow to have any film developed yet, but the Monochrom made me feel like I was looking at well scanned negatives. I was on Main…
I still like to shoot film when I know I will be able to find the time to develop it, scan it, archive it and then enjoy it. I was with our Boy Scout troop in Charleston during October and finally found the time to develop and scan. All of…