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Thanks Jono!
Hi Mark, Glad you liked the article. Although I tested rigorously and had different results than you between my Sony…
Thank you Jono!
Hi Andrew, while I was searching the internet for a Leofoto G 4 Pro, I found your review, which is…
This is a great article and the 28mm behaved pretty much as I would have expected having tried one on…
What a great article Joel. Almost tempted to buy an S5iix! So much excellent work has gone into this
I opted for the 70-200mm f4 Panasonic lens as I didn’t need the low light capabilities of the f2.8. It’s…
I had the good fortune to spend three months in Oz in the 80’s. I do remember that long, dusty…
You’re very welcome. I feel I need to keep trying harder when using my Leica to get the most out…
Thanks for that – it sounds like we’re in the same place. A jewel and a tool is a lovely…
Haha – nope I’m getting old these days. Still feel like I’m a twenty year old dude though.
Thanks Joel – lovely feedback!
Hi John, Thank you for this retrospective of your trip to KI. I would love to visit. All the best.…
Ditto. Hi Andrew! I really enjoyed this article. I found your images of people of Skye by night. Fabulous! I…
I loved your ‘Skye by night’ photos, both the photos themselves and the fact that you documented ‘regular’ people without…
I share your sentiments. Thanks
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Andrew. A wonderful read and a few photos that show are really committed photographer. Great…
Dear Erik, the why questions are spot on. However, zone focussing is not so easy if you strive for ultimate…
I recently picked up an XT5, with the 16-50 kit lens, as my Leica X is ailing, and I needed…
Thanks, Harry, and I wish you lots of fun with the new camera. The lens is very good, so the…
Hi Andrew, I enjoyed your article and identify with your experience with Leica. I found it made try to be…
Currently the problem of Pixii is the supply of sensors… As soon as there is enough, I think there will…
Not yet! We have looked at the APSC format Pixii, but not the full frame version yet. It would be…
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I have just found out you cannot rename or change the user profile names on this toy , smh LAST…
Another enjoyable read, thanks for sharing your personal stories and vast knowledge!
Joerg-Peter, thank you for all of those descriptive pictures of the camera and the one when using the camera. They…
Good luck. It sounds like a great buy. I would also love to play with this camera if I could…
I just picked one up in new condition. I have to wait till tomorrow to load it with a 2…
Hi Joerg-Peter, Thanks for your detailed report. I was subscribed to the newsletter, and as I read the news it…
Wow some superb shots make me want to paint My son Martin will be looking fwd to meeting Mali in…
I’m very glad you enjoyed the article. The EXIF on the pelican shot: f/6.3, 1/2500 sec., ISO 2500, at 400mm,…
You’re welcome, my pleasure.
Thank you so much. 48 states! Very impressive. I always thought I would get to Alaska, but that’s one of…
Lovely article! I would love to know the EXIF on the pelican shot – that’s quite some capture. As to…
Once again – thanks for your wonderful pictures and travel notes. Henry
Wonderful images! Keep on shooting! And on a personal note, I have gone through my own personal (and very painful)…
Hi Brian, Thank you for your kind words and I’m glad you enjoy the photo of the dancer. As I…
Hi Gary, I really enjoyed your article and wonderful images. You sure captured the decisive moment with the dancer! I…
You have an amazing back-catalog. I’m glad we were able to experience a minute fraction of it. Though, I think…
An exquisite article and pictures. I find manual mode and focussing makes me slow down and be more methodical on…
I’m left handed, but right eye dominant with a camera, but would be left eye dominant if shooting with a…
Hi everyone! Thanks so much for reading and commenting on the article. It was good fun putting it together, and…
Hello Johnathan, I represent the baby-boomer generation and have collected an array of camera features and formats over the years…
Thanks Tom. I’m looking for a well priced TL2 as well. I really enjoyed my T, which cost me £300.…
Lovely article Andrew and what a beautiful location. When I study my camera output having an over ten year old…
I still have my CL although I haven’t used it for a while. But I do regularly use the three…
This is very true. Spend that upgrade money on a great trip with your current camera instead. Make memories, not…
Thanks Arthur!
Definitely. The feel is really important to me too. I hate my Sony A7III even though it is technically brilliant,…
All good points Stephen. The CL and those two zooms made for a powerful travel package. These days I use…
My right eye has been damaged yet still usable. I have been using the cameras for past 40 years with…
Then you get the original version of this camera !
I bought one of these cameras from RedDot pretty much the day it went on sale. I sold or part…
After years of using all kinds of gear for travel and landscapes I also came to the conclusion that a…
I’m coming round to the view that the ‘feel’ of the camera and, how much it makes the photographer pick…
Excellent images of a very dramatic landscape. I agree with your assessment. I could not detect much difference between the…
Wonderful images of a trip to die for! Thank you.
I really enjoyed your article and images. I agree that APS-C is perfectly adequate for what most people shoot. In…
What if you are right handed but your dominant eye is your left eye?
What if you are right handed but your dominant eye is your left eye?
Born left-handed, I have always written with my left hand, but from an early age I learned to use scissors,…
I have a Voigtlander 35mm 1.4 Nokton SC v.1, and I’ve read so many times that it has the closest…
Very disappointed. I was hoping for a Leica with the red-dot script reversed, so that when I take selfies in…
Jörg-Peter, Thanks for this article! I have wonderful associations with this camera. The Leitz Minolta version of the CL was…
Love it! I remember listening to a photo podcast years ago that took listener questions. Someone who only had use…
I am right-handed but I am left-eyed if I may say so. Anyway this is a funny April joke…
It was Yashica, I think, who issued a version of their half-frame camera in both left and righthand versions. Somehow…
They always said, ‘if you bought a Nikon it did not make you a photographer, it made you a Nikon…
I am not only left handed but I am also left eye dominant! I am so tired of getting nose…
Sign me up! I have been waiting for this day.
Excellent fish!
Are you able to tell us how it fared on the long-term pre-launch test?
Excellent!
For some reasons I managed to write my message the wrong way round. I‘m short-sighted with my right eye and…
I know it’s an April joke and in any case I wouldn‘t be entitled to get one as I‘m not…
Lack of IBIS wouldn’t make it too different from the digital M cameras. One thing I think people are forgetting…
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Brilliant!
Hi Ed, I enjoyed reading this story about your discovery of community. It’s nice that there’s a group of you…
As an ambidextro , Wow what a cool idea and I love the writing test. Hopefully that improves the odds…
Your photos make a great case for interchangeable lens cameras. I usually make an exception for the Leica D-Lux series,…
I did the same as you, I mean I bought an X-T50 in lieu of an X100VI, not go to…
yes I suppose it would have made an April 1 story but…
Hi Dunk, Thank you again for the input and for the photographs. It’s always worth repeating a good story because…
A huge tripod with a Leica M ??
An amusing article to start the day, albeit bitter sweet, thank you. Good to read it now, instead of April…
Interesting to read again eight years after originally published on Macfilos. Ref the article photos’ lighting: Amazing what can be…
Tom, thank you for sharing you Leica story with us. Very interesting. From observation of your work, I sense your…
Dear Dirk, many thanks for chipping in on this. I shows the value of our new revolving home page which…
Dear Mike, I just came across this article and the B&W issue. Is it still a question, that needs to…
William, that’s a phenomenal article and a great credit to you for putting it together. It involved a lot of…
Thanks for your positive comment which is most appreciated. Yes, there is omething special about using the M cameras, although…
Many thanks for your kind comment Kathy which is greatly appreciated. Yes, we’ve been extremely lucky to have had the…
This is a very old article, but I still have my Empire Builder and it has given good service. I…
sufficient volume of sales- affecting unit cost, will determineviability of new models. chinese concentrate totally on volume, little on QC.…
Great review, it’s always helpful to hear feedback from long-time users! I’m curious, do you find the Empire Builder’s organizational…
From the Mekong, to Singapore, Japan — what an amazing life! Not to even mention the Leica-journey. I hope we’ll…
For the Micro 4/3 camera user – Leica – Lumix (Panasonic) have a really good 45mm Macro lens. That would…