Wishing all our readers a happy Christmas season and a photo-filled New Year
A seasonal greeting from the Macfilos editorial team. It's been a busy but highly successful year for the site. The team is busy tucking into turkey with all the trimmings, but the articles will keep rolling.
Rangefinder Photography: A beginner goes rogue with a two-body kit
Leica M-lenses are superb, but expensive. Using them on a Leica APS-C camera, with an M-to-L adapter, gives them a second identity and additional value by switching their effective focal length.
Leica M11-P Review: The camera with Contact Credentials
The Leica M11-P, announced last month, is the latest iteration of the customary “-P” version of the standard M digital. In June 2011, Leica brought us the M9-P, the first of these modern variants. It's now a tradition that the -P (said to be for “professional”) with its cosmetic and minor technical tweaks, follows on around 18 months after the base model. So it was with the M-P (Typ 240), the M10-P and now the M11-P...
The Leica and I: Yul Brynner, Protecting Journalists and some Fotoform
The Leica and I: What has Yul Brynner to do with Leica? Brynner was a devoted Leica user and a superb photographer. His cameras and his work are featured in the coming Leitz Auction...
The M Files (21): Zeiss Ikon SW, a very unusual camera for Leica M-Mount
Our series about non-Leica M-Mount cameras, lenses and accessories continues with an unusual camera. In Part 21, Jörg-Peter takes on the Zeiss Ikon SW. Its striking feature is… the absence of a viewfinder.
Pixii Plus with improved rangefinder to aid focus with fast lenses
The latest Pixii rangefiner incorpates a redesigned rangefinder to assist with focusing ultra-fast lenses, and a range of upates that demonstrate the company's commitment to development.
How the Bernhard Frei exhibition shows what you could achieve with a Leica M11
For the first time ever, German fashion photographer Bernhard Frei shows his personal work in an exhibition. The huge images in the Leica Galerie Konstanz are a proof of what the Leica M11 cameras can do. Open until 14 January, 2024!
Leica M11-P: The world’s first camera to offer image authentication with Content Credentials
Leica's -P upgrade is usually a cosmetic affair with minor technical changes. With the M11-P, however, the company has created a world first — the incorporation of Content Credentials hardware to authenticate every photograph taken. It is a game changer for the digital camera world and Leica is the first company to offer the system...
The M Files Jubilee: Creating the largest knowledge base for M-Mount photographic gear
The M Files jubilee marks 20 episodes of a unique Macfilos series. It covers third-party lenses, cameras and accessories with Leica M-Mount. Read here why these articles could be useful for you
Capturing the Decisive Musical Moment: The eyes have it
Capturing the essence of a concert performance in a single image - the decisive musical moment - is a challenge for photographers. One strategy is to focus on the musician's eyes - when they are closed that is.
Wetzlar Camera Auctions: Over three million for Leica Null
The fifth Wetzlar Auction fetches high prices, including over €3 = million for another Null Series prototype Barnack Leica...
Rangefinder Photography: A beginner dives deeper with a two-lens kit
It can be hard to resist adding additional lenses to your collection. But do they all spark joy? Isn't a two-lens kit all you really need?
The Ten Most-Read Articles of the Quarter: Macfilos goes viral
The top ten most-read Macfilos articles of the last quarter cover all aspects of photography, with an emphasis on all things Leica. The topics covered include gear reviews, vintage cameras, travel photography, and the fun of learning to use a rangefinder.
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...
Leica Noctilux Titan: Titanium limited edition of the 0.95 Nocti
Leica has announced the Noctilux “Titan”, a special edition of the Leica Noctilux-M 50 f/0.95 ASPH. It will be limited to 100 lenses worldwide....