Roo bars for your Leica M: Join the queue
Just when you thought you had every conceivable accessory for your M, along comes the Walterleica Rollbar, the new must-have enhancement. If...
Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race: The press pack in full pursuit
The annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities goes past spectators in a flash. Today Oxford was way out in...
Eat your heart out, Starbucks
I always thought Café Optik at Leica's London headquarters in Bruton Place was an f-stop or two up on Starbucks. Now...
Red Hat Society Ladies escape from Holland
I must have led a sheltered life but I confess that until today I had never heard of the Red Hat Society....
The unalloyed pleasure of using the Leica IIIg
Leicaphilia.com:
Above is the camera I probably use more than any other camera I own,...
Leica: New compact system expected on April 24
Leica has promised journalists and members of the trade a "special highlight" at an event to be held in Berlin on...
Leica X Vario: An excellent performer
At last DxOMark has published test results for the Leica X Vario camera. The conclusion, reproduced here in Leicarumors:When announced, the Leica- X Vario...
Contax gets one back on Leica M
Remember the man-behind-a-camera shot I took of Jo Phero at our photographic group's outing to the British Museum three weeks ago? The camera in...
Leica on the 100th birthday
The Guardian celebrated Leica's 100th birthday with a medley of thoughts from three of the paper's top photographers, Eamonn McCabe, Sean Smith,...
Leica opens new London store in prime area
Leica's latest company owned store opened this evening in one if London's most prestigious shopping locations, Burlington Arcade off Piccadilly. Unlike...
Leica adds silver to X Vario line-up
Nearly a year after the launch of the controversial X Vario, Leica has announced a silver version to tempt buyers. There is...
He had but one eye: Better be the left
He had but one eye, and the popular prejudice runs in favour of two. Dickens doesn’t tell us which of Wackford Squeers’ peepers...
Don Morley: Photo professional and Leica fan
Fifty years ago I worked with Don Morley, a life-long Leica enthusiast, a professional photo journalist of repute and an outstanding...
Tale of two lenses, 75 years apart
After a lifetime of using film cameras, I never again wanted to go through the hoop of taking pictures the old...