Leica has a new home in London. The company’s UK flagship now fills four floors of a Mayfair town house at 14 Dover Street, a few steps from Piccadilly. It takes over from the Duke Street store, which closes, while Leica Store Harrods carries on as before. And to mark the opening, Leica has asked a West London engraver to decorate just 14 examples of the Leica M-A . . .
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Panasonic Lumix S 100-500mm review: Full reach, light weight
With the Leica SL3-P now sitting alongside the Lumix S1RII, the L-mount system finally has two high-speed, high-resolution bodies genuinely capable of drawing serious action and wildlife photographers into the fold. The question, though, is whether the lens line-up has caught up with them, and whether there is yet a sufficient variety of long telephoto and tele-zoom options to actually put that speed and resolution to work. This review looks closely at Panasonic’s newest entry into that segment, the Lumix S 100-500mm f/5-7.1, and weighs it — quite literally, as it turns out — against a stable of well-regarded Sigma tele-zooms I have carried, and occasionally struggled with, over the past two years.
Getty Images bankruptcy: Not dead, just going private
The headlines this week have not been kind to Getty Images. “Collapse” is the word doing the rounds, and it conjures up visions of liquidators boxing up the Hulton Archive. The reality is less dramatic. On 21 October, Getty filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware, but this is a prepackaged restructuring designed to take the company private, not to wind it up. Even so, something has ended. The world’s best-known picture agency is leaving the stock market after barely four years. And the reasons why say a great deal about photography in 2026 . . .
All in a Day’s Work: Out and about with the Leica M10-P
My Leica M10-P is the digital camera I have owned the longest, yet it does not get used nearly as often as it deserves. For the best part of a year it sat on its perch, untouched. Recently, I finally took it down for a full day of general shooting: the kitchen, the dog walk, the streets of New York, and an evening event. I expected the muscle memory to come back. What I did not expect was the photograph waiting for me on the card that night…
CIPA August 2026: Compacts surge as full frame slumps
Fewer cameras are leaving the factories, yet the camera makers are collecting more money for them. That is the message from the latest figures published by CIPA, the Japanese industry body, covering the first eight months of 2026. Shipments of all digital cameras fell by 3.2% compared with the same period last year, while their value rose by 3.7%. Fixed-lens compacts continue to defy the smartphone, and the DSLR is fading into a footnote. But the most striking number of all concerns the format on which many Macfilos readers have spent a small fortune…
LCE Photographer of the Year 2027: Free to enter, £10,000 to win
London Camera Exchange has opened entries for its LCE Photographer of the Year 2027 competition. The contest offers a £10,000 prize fund across 14 categories. Entry is free and open to photographers aged 18 and over, at any level of experience. Entries close at midnight on 20 January 2027.
Leica Summicron-M 66 f/2 review: The classic Elcan 66 remake
On 3 September, Leica announced the latest in its range of classic remakes. This lens was a little different, however. Whereas most of the previous classic lenses went into serial production, this lens was limited to 660 numbered pieces. Leica has received orders for more than the number it will make, so unless you’re very lucky, or you are willing to pay a premium, you will not be able to own one … So, why write about it (you might ask)?
Sigma FP2 and 50mm f/1.4 CL: Small camera, big ambitions
Seven years ago, Sigma surprised the photographic world with the fp, a full-frame camera small enough to slip into a coat pocket. It was ingenious, highly capable for video and, for many stills photographers, something of an acquired taste. Now Sigma has unveiled its successor, the FP2, and by the company’s own reckoning it is still the world’s smallest camera body of its kind. This time, though, the list of changes reads like a reply to almost every reservation about the original. And alongside it comes a compact, all-metal 50mm lens that sets out to be deliberately imperfect . . .
Leica vs OM System: the weather-sealing verdict
I am by temperament a fair-weather photographer. Rain sends me indoors for a cup of tea rather than out with a camera, and I’ve never once had cause to test whether my M11-D, for instance, would survive a downpour because I’ve never let it near one. I’m fortunate, however: I can choose my moments, I’m not a professional and I don’t have fixed assignments that have to be completed whatever the weather. So, for me, camera weather sealing is nice to have, but I don’t need to rely on it. Perhaps you do, and this article might give you some solid ground on which to stand.
Leica Q3 43 Formula 1 Edition: Carbon fibre comes to Wetzlar
Leica and Formula 1 have signed a licensing partnership, and the first fruit is a special edition of the Q3 43. It goes on sale today. The camera underneath is the familiar 43mm Q, but the dress is pure motorsport, with genuine carbon fibre, red accents and a covering modelled on a racing steering wheel. There is also a Leica Look of its own, available on no other camera. All this for £7,300…
DxO ViewPoint 6: AI masks bring local geometry control
DxO has announced ViewPoint 6, the latest version of its software for correcting geometry, perspective, and distortion. The main addition is AI masking inside ReShape Fusion, the tool that arrived with version 5 for reshaping parts of a picture from within the frame. The company is keen to stress that nothing is generated. Every pixel in the corrected image, it says, was there when the shutter fired. So what, exactly, do the masks bring to the party . . .
Wanted: Macfilos camera and lens reviewers
Macfilos continues to grow, and the flow of gear through our hands grows with it. Lenses, cameras, and accessories arrive faster than our staff can properly test them. We need at least one extra pair of hands — and eyes — to help carry the load. If you are a good photographer who enjoys putting new equipment through it paces and writing about what you find, we would love to hear from you.
Nightlife Manifesto: Photographing Chicago after dark
I met Francisco Malavé a few weeks ago at a “Beers and Cameras” meetup in Chicago. For most of us, the world Francisco explores and lives in is very different from our own, but it reveals some fascinating insights. This article is a chance to tag along with Francisco and explore it for ourselves. His book, Nightlife Manifesto, is in press as we publish this.
Jon Cheffings
Young Railway Photographer of the Year: Entries now open
The National Railway Museum in York has opened entries for the third Young Railway Photographer of the Year. The competition is for photographers aged 25 and under, and it began accepting submissions on Monday 12 October. Entry is free. The deadline is 4 April 2027, which gives a full winter, spring, and Easter holiday of travelling to fill a portfolio. This year, though, the museum has made a change that should bring in a much younger crowd than before…
Leica 0-Series No. 103 sells for €4.25 million at Wetzlar Camera Auctions
A Leica built in 1923, two years before the first production cameras reached the shops, changed hands in Wetzlar on Saturday October 10 for €4,250,000. The buyer secured 0-Series No. 103 after a 20-minute contest between several telephone bidders. The final figure was more than double the upper estimate of €2 million. It was the headline lot at the eighth sale held by Wetzlar Camera Auctions (WCA), but by no means the only Leica to sell for a six-figure sum that afternoon…