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Absolute M Beginners: How to take the first step into Leica M ownership

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Leica M cameras can be both mythical and daunting. We take a look at what it's like for beginners to enter the world of M cameras and feel confident in their choices.

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Easter lunch in the English countryside, an ancient village and the discovery of the disguised tomb of one of the greatest writers of the 20th century...
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Leica Q2: The perfect full-frame travel camera?

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Is Leica's successful Q2 the ideal travel camera, despite the restructions of its fixed wide-angle lens? Keith sets off for Europe to find out...
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OM System: Old memories, optical masterpieces and obscure mistakes

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The rebranding of Olympus to OM Systems is a good opportunity to look at the legacy of OM cameras which featured ground-breaking innovations until Olympus messed up. And there even are some very interesting connections to Leica...
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Yorkshire’s Jurassic Coast: Favourite stretch of magnificent scenery

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Everyone needs a favourite bit of the world. And for Dave, the North Yorkshire Jurassic coast hits all the buttons. Here he takes a scenic view with the Nikon Df and the Leica X.
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There are questions you would rather avoid. And there are those you are only too eager to answer. In connection with the M-Files, I was asked such a welcome question quite a few times: "Now the time has come, I also want to buy a Leica like this, which can take pictures like in the past. But what should I choose?" Here is my answer.

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The Apple Watch has been on my wrist, exclusively, for the past three weeks. So far I have not missed my mechanical IWC Pilot’s Chronograph except in one respect which I will cover later. In general, though, I thought I knew what to expect from the Watch, having read all the reviews and teasers. But I have been surprised on two fronts.

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