The making of Glas has taken seventeen years of painstaking work by Andrew Tobin to deliver his homage to the Isle of Skye. It was well worth the wait.
The making of Glas has taken seventeen years of painstaking work by Andrew Tobin to deliver his homage to the Isle of Skye. It was well worth the wait.
Filters can be messy and sometimes you just leave them at home and regret it. Urth filters are magnetic, compact, and easy to add. No argument not to take them.
All good things must come to an end. Seven years on after an intensive week of testing the Leica CL in the Highlands of Scotland, how did it perform? Was it a "keeper" and why did Leica kill it off?
Being part of the Leica family is what I value most. It's not a transactional quick relationship but something longer lasting built on a mutual understanding of excellence and joy from using. It has stood the test of time and if cared for can continue far into the future.
The Leica CL was praised as a very capable alternative to a Leica M10. In Andrew's article he explains how the CL withstood the challenges of freezing cold weather of a Scottish winter.
For some photographers tripods are an afterthought. But for photographers like Andrew Tobin if you work in low light, and inclement weather conditions, they can be the difference between a blur and an award-winning shot.
Now that my Leica Q3 is one year old, and well-used, it’s a good time to do a comprehensive review of this little camera. It’s only once you’ve used a camera in real-world, highly stressed situations that you get a true understanding of its capabilities. I’ve had plenty of those situations in the past twelve months! And here’s what I think…