Leica M6 2022: Pressure plate problems addressed
Leica addresses the film-transport film scratching reported by some buyers of the 2022 version of the Leica M6 camera...
Top ten Macfilos articles in the first two months of 2023
The most-read Macfilos articles during the first two months of 2023: New model news, M4 and older stories get a new lease of life...
John Boy and Man: First cameras and a return to the old Crystal Palace...
John was rummaging and uncovered a picture of himself as a teenager with his first camera. It set his memory banks whirring and we ended up at the old Crystal Palace motor racing circuit in South London......
Experimenting with my 1958 Yashica 635 twin-lens reflex
Quite by chance, Lisa started collecting film cameras after a chance encounter in a flea market. Here she recounts her adventures with her favourite exhibit, the Yashica 635 twin-lens reflex from 1958...
Keeping over-exposure under control
Does film cope better with highlights? Does digital bring more recovery potential from underesposed areas. It's a complex issue but we reached a conclusion
Decent Exposure Part 2: Hand-held light meters and what they are good for
The second part of our lightmeter review focuses on hand-held models, starting with the iconic Gossen Lunasix F and ending with Sekonic’s high-tech wonders…
Wide perspectives: Bessa R4M with Voigtländer 21/4 and 35/1.4
Jörg-Peter Rau continues his journey into the world of film cameras which use the Leica M-Mount but which are not Leicas...
Soldiering in the Sharqiya before the birth of modern Oman
A few months ago Flickr sprang to life and I received a curious email:
Hello sir .. and I also thank you very much... I...
Gateways to Heaven or at least to a new (rangefinder) world
There are questions you would rather avoid. And there are those you are only too eager to answer. In connection with the M-Files, I was asked such a welcome question quite a few times: "Now the time has come, I also want to buy a Leica like this, which can take pictures like in the past. But what should I choose?" Here is my answer.
Rolleiflex: 120 film = more megapixels?
William has been out and about with his latest acquisition, a Rolleiflex. Just what is it about 120 film he asks?
Vivid Velvia: Ten Fujifilm landscape photographs scanned after a quarter century and just ready...
Start with 3,000 Fujifilm Velvia slides and end up with ten landscapes that you'd be proud to hang on your wall. Chris looks back over 25 years of film photography with Fujifulm's vivid Velvia...
Olympus 35 RC: A tiny but true rangefinder camera for beginners and experts
The Olympus RC 35 is a rangefinder camera from 1970. This review with many sample images shows where this timeless classic delivers and where not. And what prospective buyers should know.
Leica Pocket Book: One hundred years of facts in your pocket
The new 9th Edition, published this week, adds ten years of development and over 100 pages of information. The book is packed with information and has a place on any Leica owner’s bookshelf...
Light Lens Lab 35/1.4 Double Aspheric Replica reviewed
The Light Lens Lab 35/1.4 Double Stroke Aspheric Replica takes me back three decades to the time when I decided to buy the original Leica Summilux-M 1.4/35mm Aspherical (11873) which was introduced in 1989. It is a lens I have been eagerly awaiting ever since I set hands on the LLL f/1.2 Noctilux clone…
Manplan Project: The state of Britain at the end of the Swinging Sixties
The Manplan project, which was to become one of the highlights of my career as a photographer, came to me in 1969 from a...
