It has been a brutal tax season this year, including extensions. Hopefully Congress and the Senate will not delay the tax law again as it hampers my photography time! After two months I received my M9-P and Monochrom back with all of my lenses. The Monochrom was out of adjustment…
I spent a week at the Outer Banks of North Carolina with extended family. I shot over 800 images using only two lenses – a Voiglander Nokton 50mm f/1.5 (newest version) and a Leica M 28mm ASPH f/2.0. The next few articles will be some reflections and experiences on this…
My wife recently found an interesting resurface of photographs taken by Brad Pitt of his wife, Angelina Jolie, and their family. The first thing I noticed was the cover shot of Brad holding his Leica. It was in 2008 and the camera looks like a black M-9. The grain, or…
UPDATE: I spoke with my contact at a Leica dealership and they confirmed that the build of the X Vario is much more like the Leica M and less like the Leica X2. The weight alone is about double the X2. I think the look is similar, but the frame…
A new Leica M is on the way to be announced On June 11, says the Leica web site. The new model is slated to take the spot between the X2 and the classic digital M system and dubbed the ‘mini’. Presumably, the mini designation means small. This is an…
Borris. Borris is the name of our marshmellow cat. I found him sitting on the deck railing with the setting sun behind him. A perfect opportunity to test the APO corrections to the Leica-M 75mm ASPH APO lens. I think the test is passed. See for yourself. I also included…
Love the lens and love the color. Click the images to see the full size. I like the detail rendering with this lens. I was between 1 and 1.5 meters for most of these shots, using f/4.0. Notice the narrow depth of field in spite of the f/stop. The camera…
The Monochrom is producing black and white images that remind me so much of my days developing silver halide (which I still do, by the way, with a Leica MP). I have also written a variety of posts on how well the Fuji X100s in-camera JPEG’s deliver in terms of…
After a few weeks shooting daily with the Monochrom, I have begun to remember some of the film training I have not used in a number of years. I spent a cloudy morning on the greenway looking for suitable lighting, contrast and subjects. This is some of what I found…
So many times I read reviews of the Monochrom in which the reviewer says that the Monochrom is a niche camera. They are correct, the Monochrom is a niche camera, even in the world of Leica. However, the reasons I see for reviews placing the Monochrom in a niche are…