Tag: Leica III

A 55-year Love Affair with Leica that started with a Leica III

Some relationships are meant to be, no matter how innocently and unassumingly they start out. Tom Lane's relationship with Leica is not a brittle affair, but one that accommodates differences as it grows.

My Leica III and its 91-year journey through life

Photography can often be described as a journey, and this is the story of a 91-year journey for a Leica III that had been forgotten and left behind by time. I feel like I've been away from photography for a while. Like most people these days, the general state of the universe has got me down....

Swiss Roll: The facts of the 70-year-old photo mystery as we now know them

The story of the Leica film undeveloped for 70 year has caught the world's imagination. William Fagan now analyses the roll, frame by frame and tells us what he now knows about the people and the locations.

6 iconic cameras to start your Leica collection

Collecting old Leicas doesn't require a fortune and, unlike vintage cars and motorcycles, they don't take up much space and require little expensive maintenance. Noted collector Paul-Henry van Hasbroeck suggests six cameras that could help you put your toe in the water.

Hamish’s guide to the rangefinder camera

Hamish Gill’s excellent guide to the rangefinder is well worth reading…..