Roo bars for your Leica M: Join the queue

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Leicaphilia.com: Above is the camera I probably use more than any other camera I own,...

Leica: New compact system expected on April 24

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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After a lifetime of using film cameras, I never again wanted to go through the hoop of taking pictures the old...