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That Was The Year That Was: A review of 2023 at Macfilos

As we head into 2024, it's a good opportunity to reflect on the year that's just ended. Here’s a canter through some of the highlights from the perspective of the gang at Macfilos

Babsy’s Place: A record of a long-gone world

Babsy's Place: Then and now, with Farhiz Karanjawala in Bombay...

Contact Sheets: A feast to be absorbed, night after night

As contact sheets were typically kept from curious eyes, it only served to increase our fascination with them...

To Mechuka — with two of Leica’s finest M-Mount lenses

I am strapped in for the flight to Dibrugarh. Along with me for the ride are two stars from the Leica firmament stowed in the overhead bin, two of the finest M-Mount creations ⏤ the Leica 35mm Summilux-M f/1.4 and the Leica 50mm Noctilux-M f/0.95 ⏤ on their [first trip to Mechuka] in Arunachal. Tucked in with them is the Leica M11.

Canvas City: Street Art in Berlin

Farhiz explores Berlin's street art — using the city as a canvas...

Stranger In Paradise — On the Dal Lake

The Dal Lake in Srinagar once had as many as three thousand houseboats. Today there are fewer than a thousand and Butts Clermont Houseboats is its crowning jewel...

One Fine Day: A journey into the unknown on the border with China

Almost five years later, in 2022, the four of us reunited for a repeat trip to Mechuka. Gudi confessed that even now she gets nightmares of this near-fatal indident in 2018. Baro and Piliya hadn’t spoken about it to anyone...

Goodbye Leica X2, hello Panasonic Lumix GX9

When the trust old Leica X2 gave up the ghost, where to turn. Jean Perenet has migrated to the similarly sized Panasonic Lumix GX9, swapping APS-C for micro four-thirds along the way...

On Parade: Behind the scenes at a California Independence Day celebration

This year, Keith goes behind the scenes with his Leica SL2 and 24-70 Vario-Elmarit-SL before the start of the Coronado July 4th parade...

Changing Gear: In at the deep end with the Leica M11 rangefinder

Fahriz takes the first tentative steps with a rangefinder camera, the new Leica M11, and a couple of very fast lenses. Delhi here we come...

Vienna paves its streets with culture. Other cities prefer asphalt

Farhiz takes his beloved Leica X Vario on a personal tour of Vienna, one of the centres of Western culture...

The Golden Fields of Ziro Valley

Baro and I were now on the road to Ziro in Arunachal Pradesh...