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Hi There Keith Great article and good points – a good zoom beats digital cropping (where you get slower effective…
I have been wondering about this and very timely. Thank you!
Thanks, SlowDriver, a labour of love it was, too. I’ve also looked at the Hasselblad, particularly after Keith James was…
Excellent review Mike. Congratulations! I hope the GFX100RF will be a success for Fuji and I am sure they will…
Agree entirely with you, Heiko. I haven’t passed that bit of Southampton Row for a couple of years, but I…
Ah… that’s too much to ask! However, having been trying out Leica Looks today, I’m dithering on whether to take…
Well, as it is now over 10 years ago since RG Lewis closed this premise it is still vacant, empty…
It would be very interesting to see the same shots taken with the X100VI and the RF if you could…
Hi, Jono, Let’s draw a veil over the 10k words. Just say I got enthusiastic. Oddly enough, this morning I…
That’s a lot of words! Lots of work as well – I really like the idea that the film presets…
Excellent& informative article, Jon.
Fabulous
Hi Andrew, thanks for the kind comments on the review. Like you, I have been interested in trying MF for…
Great review, thanks Mike. Looks like you really had to slum it on the accommodation front too. I am quite…
Quite agree, Thorsten! My 11-D gives the same sort of fascination and provides the pure rangefinder experience for when I’m…
This makes my Leica M10-D even more valuable in my view. That someone doesn’t get it. The M10-D was never…
Leica M10D is a classic camera. It’s brilliant. I’ve used it since launch and taken thousands of great shots.
A great read and some valid points made about ‘seeing’ the image. I too switch between digital and film but…
Very nice article! I owned few Leica cameras in last 20years. M3 1957. needed calibration it cost a lot of…
I’ve had oneof these wonderful cameras for about 5 years now. The RF is certainly a weak spot, I’ve had…
What a great post. I’m off to Istanbul in a couple of months, I’m even more excited for what I’ll…
Hi Mike, I’m happy to know Keith has said positive things. 🙂 I feared I might be driving him a…
Dear Joel, Good to hear from you. I’ve heard positive things about you from my colleague Keith James and, of…
Thank you, William. I agree with you on both counts — the slightly over-saturated appearance of Velvia and the excellence…
Thank you, Joel. That’s some interesting history. I do remember my first digital camera (having waited for for the magic…
Mike, Wow! Ditto on all the kudos for this well done comprehensive review! I also appreciate all the photos. I…
Great work, Mike. You mentioned this to me earlier in the week. The output from the camera looks great, as…
I’m afraid I can’t answer your first question. MF sensors do need more care in several respects, but I haven’t…
My question about manual focus came partly from an academic standpoint: I’m wondering whether these high resolution sensors require AF…
Sorry, I forgot. It is 10,600 words and, according to Mr AI, has a reading time of 56 minutes. Good…
Thank you, Jon. I know I have driven you all mad with requests for constant checking and revising. So thanks…
Thank you, Jono. First, please accept my thanks for all the support you’ve given during the gestation period of this…
Well I think that Very Extremely Comprehensive is certainly the expression to describe your mammoth article – well done! (How…
Having lived for several months with Editor Evans’ version of “Days of our Fuji lives” this article is a tour…
Many thanks, Kathy. This has indeed been a labour of love. Not only is it the longest review we have…
Nicely balanced and engaging article! I remember a period of time when Leica was much cheaper than Canon though not…
I must say — this should set a standard for what a thorough review should be. It’s MASSIVE! But the…
Thanks for spotting this, Chris. It does offer some explanation of the list. The odd thing is, this link came…
Well spotted, Chris. It is no wonder that I could not find it in recent issues of the magazine. Any…
Mike “The most charitable excuse for this criticism is that the author could have written the piece some years ago,”…
Michael, thanks for the kind words. I’m happy you enjoyed the photos.
I understand your points, William. I am not sure that Andy Westlake ever saw this piece!
Yes, the best way to use the M-D is with a 2MB SD card for 36 pictures.
Having not read the article itself I am shooting blanks here. With that caveat, the fact of the M10D likely…
Earlier this year Amateur Photographer produced a wonderful issue for the Leica 100th Anniversary. I wrote an article about Leica…
Both the M10-D and M11-D are indeed the worst digital cameras…for most people. Yet, my M11-D is nearly identical to…
Hey, Don – I agree with you, and the SL line is pretty fantastic. That said, they’re large, and versatility…
Thanks, Kris, useful and interesting background. Mike
I do like these photographic insights into places I didn’t know existed. You have managed to bring them to life…
Hi Mike, thanks for sticking up for the M10-D, it is my most used and favourite Leica. I have used…
…then we can determine whether there is any truth to the preconceptions about dentists… anyway, after that, he’ll be a…
Great article Mike – what a wally, and certainly badly done research, if Leica had wanted to forget it why…
Next time you have him in your chair…
I’d sooner have a tooth pulled than give up my M11-D. Just joking, Claus…
I agree, Brian, but the article has logic… some of those cameras were dire. And even the Zeiss fits the…
Thanks, Claus. I like the quote. I found the whole thing quite unbelievable. As you say, he has probably never…
I am so delighted that dentists are so discerning in their equipment choice 😀
I have no respect for people that trash cameras – especially when there is a market delighted with them. I…
Dear Mike, Take comfort: there are an incredible number of people ‘out there’ who believe they know everything. This author…
Some lovely photos Keith, let’s see some more detailing your Leica journey. Bravo.
Just bumped into this article and I must say that the images are amazing and inspire me to try something…
Likewise I love the purity and very basic simplicity of Leica’s M range finder cameras, but at the same time…
In keeping with the purity of the rangefinder theme, when I ask if I’m the one taking the picture, I…
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Hey Kathy, you might enjoy a book called “The Manual of Photography” by Elizabeth Allen, Sophie Triantaphillidou – it lifts…
I’ve neither the experience nor expertise to contest your point! But I can speak from my own experience as an…
Few things in the world have that sort of heritage and have managed to transition to the modern world. I…
Thank you!
I’m all in for the lack of versatility 🙂 Ansel Adams said “…if photography were difficult in the true sense…
That’s Beautiful!
I am old enough to have known HCB. When asked once at an exhibition, by a parent who wanted to…
Maybe this suposed big difference is more because today’s film or digital M type Leica’s are arguably now THE least…
I have two old Leicas: an M3 from 1963 and a IIIa from 1937. Both work as if they were…
“Gucci is a luxury brand: nothing about a Gucci bag’s quality changes the way one carries things. Everything about a…
Thanks for pointing this out, David – corrected now. All the best, Keith
Thanks, David. We will look at this and make the changes. Obviously typos, but they shouldn’t have got through our…
Small detail.but the 21mm color skopar is mislabeled as f3.4 in some of your photos but it’s an f3.5 lens.
Sorry for being late to answer. The X2 is a tad faster than the X1. I’m using the GR but…
Wonderful follow up article. Interesting how modern skyscraper architecture has developed all around the world
Thanks Kevin for the kind comment. Mostly old people mostly speak Breton nowadays. The jumping episode looked quite dangerous. Truly…
Thanks Joeg-Peter for your kind comment. I’m not a victim of GAS and enjoy my old tools. I just spend…
Many thanks J-P! It was fun to do.
Thanks Kathy, Just north of Fullerton Ave. As it happens, late afternoon in early December! Chicago fooling us into a…
For me, as a former Chicago resident, this was interesting throughout. I’d known these buildings by sight, but had no…
Thank you, Jon, for taking us around Chicago. Great architecture, described with a lot of knowledge and captured in stunning…
Dear Jean, thank you so much for this inspiring article. I have to visit this places soon! And compliments for…
A lovely article Jean, thanks. Interesting about the languages, I worked on Anglesey in North Wales and Welsh was the…
Thanks Andrew for the kind comment. Light is interesting in this part of the world but not so good as…
Very nice. Lots of colour and a good documentary approach. I think you could do a whole project on the…
Thanks Wayne for the kind comment. Light was good and the XV excellent
Good use of light in many of the images. Well done”seen”.
Hi Arthur, thanks for the feedback, yes lots of changes to the DNS records were made by us before our…
Thanks Dave for the kind comment. The XV is an amazing camera which produces great results. I enjoy shooting by…
Jean a really lovely article and with images you know I love. Coastal life anywhere on the planet is always…
Thanks Chris for the kind comment. Brittany and Normandy are still popular holiday destinations. As for the names of cities…
Combined with the new 23mm f/2.8 it could be a powerful, light and compact package.
Thanks John for the kind comment. As for my English it’s not so good as it used to be when…
Interesting question. I don’t have an X-E5, but I do have an XT5 and three f/2 primes, so any thoughts…
You could fire me an email and ask me to take a look from the outside looking in. I could…
This is a heavier outfit than my elderly fingers could carry, but I have to admit you’ve got some amazing…