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I seem to remember I also recommended the GR when we went to Brooklands last year…

I think it’s all very subjective. I have had an interesting comparison over the past month, with the Fujifilm GFX100RF…

Jean, thanks.The weather has been great and the Douro is beautiful. I appreciate your recommendation of the little Ricoh but…

Mike, yes I am struggling with it. The few photos I have taken are predominantly landscapes or buildings I am…

Lucky Ivor! What a beautiful thing, and it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy! It’s sad that it won’t get…

Surely it should beat no. 116 ( € 2.16 million in May of 2012 ) and no. 112 ( €…

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Thanks Christopher. There is an estimated range of €1,500,000 – 2,000,000. It should beat inflation and then some. Good to…

I am also now in the process of downsizing my camera bag. What used to be small is now large…

I note there is no suggested range for bids for no. 112. I have the feeling it may do rather…

Thanks John for the kind comment. We had a cruise on the upper Douro valley last March. Hope you have…

And what about the 43mm lens? Are you finding it restrictive in relation to the 36mm of the X1 or…

Hi William I’ll certainly be around for the other days – and I might drop in for the beginning of…

Thanks Jean for an interesting story and great images images.And thanks for the kind mentions of the part my X1…

Thanks Alan. You will get a full report about the goings on in Wetzlar. William

Great article William. Enjoy the auction and all the 100th festivities.

Thanks Bill, As I said in my earlier email to you, we can ask his son Oscar Fricke about this.…

Take a look at the original distribution record, and see the notation to the right for #103. Rolf Fricke, one…

Thanks, Lex. I’ll let you know how it goes. I’m expecting the overall event to be a bit of what…

Keith, not even Wayne would do that! Nobody is ever going to walk around the street using a priceless multi…

Wonderful and exciting, William, thanks! I have been looking at the auction catalogue, but I am not sure if I…

William, do you think that if I were to manage to purchase said Leica 112 that I could have it…

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Thanks Chats I look forward to seeing you in Wetzlar later this month. William

Excellent article as always, William. So much history here.

Thanks, Jono. You will be there for the other days, I hope. The big Leica items are towards the beginning…

Good question. Simple answer ‘no’. It is a very heavy lens for an all day ‘one camera/lens’ outing. The APO-Summicron…

Great article William It will be an exciting auction – which I suspect I will have to miss! All the…

Hi and congratulations, I think you can use all AF, AF-D and AF-S lenses. AF-S G will not work, because…

Tervehdys.Kitos hyvistä kirjoituksista.Ostin elämäni ensimmäisen Nikon kameran.Se oli jo haaveena nuorena,mutta oli niin kallis.Ostin Nikon F4 kolme viikkoa sitten.Huima kamera.Nyt…

Thanks William. I’ll have a through look later this afternoon. I’ll send you some feedback quickly Jean

Thanks Chris for the kind comment. I’ll be back in Brittany next week for a fortnight. Image 7 was taken…

Jean Thank you for posting such an interesting article with its evocative images. I am reminded of happy family holidays…

Jean, I have sent you a package, including a link to my YouTube talk on the ‘French Influence’. The thing…

Thanks William for the kind comment. JF Millet reminds me of the angelus you had on RTE1 some decades ago.…

Thanks Brian for the kind comment.

Thanks Kathy for the kind comment. The image quality of the X series is really addictive. The pairing lens plus…

Thanks Jörg Peter for your kind comment. I’ve seen a used X (typ 113) in your local Leica store but…

What a wonderful article, Jean, and superb images. Thanks for sharing both. Any Leica is in the best hands with…

An American term: “blown away” occurs to me. Seeing your images, I’ve finally understood the ‘why’ of the Leica X-series…

A treat of an article on your photography journey. Love the images!

Lovely Jean. You certainly know how to use a Leica. The colours in these are lovely. These look so much…

So my question for you Keith, is whether this could be your only lens, or at least your only 50mm…

I have never used this camera. I tried both OVFs on the GR digital and eventually purchased the small 28mm…

Interesting that you don’t get along with the OVFs. My GR1V is tiny even with the built- in viewfinder. Not…

Adding the Fujifilm X100RF to the list is a great idea. But it brings to mind a question: focus. The…

I’ve given up on the idea of an integral viewfinder. It would tarnish the GR’s credentials as the ultra pocket…

Still needs a viewfinder like the film original and a better battery life, but hey, if these things don’t bother…

We are currently testing the GFX100RF which we purchased for evaluation. It is certainly an interesting camera and Fujifilm have…

Fuji don’t have full frame sensors, so going to medium format was a given for them. As an owner of…

Hi Paul, good to hear from you. I certainly wasn’t going to shell out hundreds for an 85mm set just…

You can crop and get the same image of a 35mm

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Though Urth have obviously read your article, and the 49mm kit seems to have crept up to £109.

Sorry about the double posting. Hadn’t realised new comments could appear at the top.

I now have, from Amazon, the nameless but apparently identical grip to Haoge. It looks like it’s the same quality…

Hi Andy I used to use the Seven 5 system, but sold it when Lee introduced the 85 – simply…

Thank you!

Thanks, Alan

Hello Mike, The piece on the D-lux8 needs a little editing to suit your audience ( names etc). I am…

Thanks for reminding me of the link to your website — I’d originally just followed to your business. I enjoyed…

That would be good, thanks. I don’t think it needs to be technical. Just impressions of the camera and why…

Hello Mike, Thank yo for asking me write a review on the D-Lux 8. Good evening Mike I am basically…

How are you getting on with the D-Lux 8, Alan. If you are interested, why not write a review article…

An unique journey for a Leica enthusiast and photographer. I love the authentic atmosphere you have captured in the Rumanian…

Hello Paul, I visited your exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in Exeter, which I much enjoyed. It was…

Can’t have everything!

Confirming I bought and have now received a no-name thumb grip for the Q3, from Amazon. It appears identical to…

Hello Kathy, thank you for your kind words. The horse photo is from Romania 2001. The horse has broken free…

Thanks for posting your story. I suppose most Leicaphiles have heard of Classic Cases, but I certainly never knew the…

I’ve been shooting the Q3 for almost a year and I love it. Your article is well written and bang…

Interesting. I was aware that there had been a difference in opinion on the placing of the EV rocker on…

Thank you for getting in touch Levent. I totally understand why you would visit every year. It is such an…

The increased internal memory and image stabilization is very welcome. Changing the lens is a bit of a risk IMO…

Greetings! Being from Minnesota, I have always been fascinated with that area seeing as its desert location and there are…

Nicely captured images Gary, thanks.

Glad we’re all different. The lack of the rocker switch and the new silly little battery was exactly why I…

I think I agree. The updates sound as though they are worth having. But I see nothing to make me…

I’ll be keeping an eye on this once it launches. I’m a delighted owner of the GR3x which is incredible…

Dear Paul, For other readers’ benefit, this concerns the current outage of our donation system. Would-be donators are receiving an…

Any update, Mike? I’d still like to chuck you a few quid!

Perhaps it is time to take your Q3 43 to Scotland for a work out. Your M10 Scottish wilderness images…

Looking at the photos, I was struck by ‘Icy macro abstract,’ While I’m not usually one who can understand abstract…

I have a Panasonic Micro 4/3rd GX8, similar shaped like your camera. I have some zoom lenses but shoot 90%…

Thanks for the encouragement. My degree program required students to be able to read research in an important language– German,…

And, I might add, Claus is very adept with puns and colloquial expressions, most of which are lost on Google…

I think Panasonic is showing how a single camera body can serve multiple purposes, for example the M4/3 G9 II…

Dear Kathy, Indeed, the subconscious plays a role. I’ve heard a similar story to mine a few times. Your time…

Thank you for this article. It seems one’s first Leica awakens something in our subconscious… perhaps some contact with the…

I don’t think any of us pay the sub. I looked at it and decided that it wouldn’t be worth…

I am so out of touch that I had forgotten about the Leica phone app. I just looked at it…

I suppose I am out of touch in the photography world. I have heard of Leica but Greg Williams I…

It is a shame they didn’t keep the crop sensor line going, but I guess it would have meant a…

Both my CL’s are on firmware 4.1. I think like you I had just never used the touch screen and…

Touch screen was introduced by a firmware update. I suggest you check the firmware status of both bodies because there…

I own 2 CL’s and love them. Particularly with the 11-23mm. Funny thing is I didn’t even know they have…

You will have to let us know what you think of the new camera, with some samples!

I use a “Thumbie” from a UK dealer on my M240 and it’s excellent. It doesn’t use the visited coupling…

JJC and Haoge hoods are great. Excellent quality and price. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Have several of them.

Thanks, Tom. Another useful tip.