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

Leica Tom Lane -
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.

A Passion for Leica: Not a Leica photographer but a photographer with a Leica

L-Mount Dennis Anguige -
When your your background as an engineer aligns with with the key attributes of Leica it can lead to a passion for what the brand has been delivering to photographers for 100 years.

My life with Leica: I was hooked when my teacher produced an old brassed camera

Leica John Shingleton -
Some things in life, once discovered, can never be forgotten. Finding the world of Leica can be like that…

The Ten Most-Read Articles of the Quarter: Gear news gets the views

Feature Articles Jason Murray -
Jason takes us on a quick tour through the most viewed Macfilos articles over the last three months. Gear reviews continue to be tremendously popular with the growing Macfilos readership.

Leica M6 price drops under 2022 level – thanks to a trade-in offer in Germany

Leica Joerg-Peter Rau -
Leica calls it a trade-in offer, but most customers will perceive it as a discount: The new Leica M6 price is now under €5.000 if you can find any used film camera...

Leica announces limited edition M6 Leitz Auction set in black finish

Film Mike Evans -
The new M6 Leitz Auction set is available from today, but you’d better be quick off the mark. Only...

My First Leica: The M6 records a lost China before the turn of the millennium

Leica Bill Royce -
My first Leica: The M6 arrived in time to accompany me on many visits to record the changing face of China in the last years of the 20th century...

Leica M6 2022: A mix of essay and review

Film Claus Sassenberg -
The Leica M6 2022 is an exercise in mechanical high-tech perfection. It is built to last for generations, in direct contrast to today's consumer products. Claus delves into his motivation in buying the new camera

Leica M6 2022: Pressure plate problems addressed

Film Jason Murray -
Leica addresses the film-transport film scratching reported by some buyers of the 2022 version of the Leica M6 camera...

Top ten Macfilos articles in the first two months of 2023

Film Mike Evans -
The most-read Macfilos articles during the first two months of 2023: New model news, M4 and older stories get a new lease of life...

The making of the 2022 Leica M6: Step by precise step

Leica Mike Evans -
Robb Report’s Adam Morganstern visited Wetzlar to watch the manufacturing team in action. Learn more...

Paolo Burlando: A textbook Leica photographer shows us the world

Events Joerg-Peter Rau -
The Leica Galerie at Konstanz, Germany, is showing images by Italian-born photographer Paolo Burlando from January 27 to April 8, 2023. The passionate Leica M user captures mainly urban scenes all over the world.

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LEICA MOMENTS

Capturing the Canadian winter on film: re-embracing cold-weather photography

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The winters of my youth were spent in Sudbury, Ontario. The memories from those years are captured on film photos, which are crammed inside a discoloured shoebox…

Leica Heritage: The remarkable story of the Leica company on the 100th anniversary of “The Leica”

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Photography and camera enthusiasts know that ‘Leica’ is a concatenation of ‘LEItz’ and ‘CAmera’. The marque has a long history and, indeed, prehistory which certainly can be called a heritage…

Leica M11 Family: Firmware 2.2.1 rectifies freezing and Contact Credentials issues

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The Leica M11-Family gets a firmware update to address freezing and Contact Credentials issues...

James Jarché — A largely forgotten former London Fleet Street press photographer

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James Jarché — a now largely forgotten former London Fleet Street press photographer — came to fame in 1936 as the first photographer to capture the future Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson in public. He was also the grandfather of the famous actor, Sir David Suchet…

Long-Term Review: The new Leica Summilux-M 50 f/1.4 Classic Line

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Jonathan Slack has a close look at the latest addition to Leica's “Classic” series of lenses. The reissued Summilux-M 50 f/1.4 does not disappoint…

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South West Photo Show: Free tickets for Macfilos readers

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The South West Photo Show is being staged at Exeter’s Corn Exchange on Saturday, 24 May 2025, and free tickets are on offer for Macfilos readers.

2025 Leica Oskar Barnack Award

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This year the Leica Oscar Barnack (LOBA) photography contest, is being celebrated as part of the Leica Centenary celebrations under the banner of “100 Years of Leica: Witness to a Century”. 

How four generations of the Leitz family shaped a century of photography 

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The story behind the birth of Leica can be traced in “Four Generations Leitz in Company Management 1869–1986”

Rock n Roll Century straps celebrate 100 years of the Leica Camera

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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Leica Camera, Rock n Roll straps has introduced a limited edition of six Century camera straps. Read more...

Leica and FujiFilm both named twice in Amateur Photographer’s Camera of the Year awards

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Leica and Fujifilm receive multiple plaudits in this year's Amateur Photography Awards, for cameras we are big fans of.

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