Tag: Leica

Leica SL3-S Launched: New 24MP, faster autofocus, content credentials, better video capabilities

The long-awaited Leica SL3-S is announced today, following the success of the earlier SL2-S, the lower-resolution version of the SL2. The new camera is finished in the same all-black stealthy coating and sticks with the same 24MP resolution as its predecessor. There are, though, many improvements. 

Searching for my Cameraman

You have to wonder why it's important for me to go searching for my "Cameraman". By the age of eight, I’d accrued more passport stamps and booster shots than the average war correspondent...

Want to know who’s cocooning? Check out Slow Street.

In our need to escape from our daily lives, cocooning provides a place where we can relax, think and be safe.

Macfilos Most-read Articles of 2024: It’s gear all the way down

Let’s take a brief look back at 2024. It would be something of an understatement to say it’s been an eventful year at Macfilos…

It’s that most wonderful time of the year: Season’s Greetings from the Macfilos team

The members of Macfilos editorial team — Jörg-Peter Rau, Jon Cheffings, Keith James, Richard Watts and Mike Evans — join in wishing you all Season’s Greetings wherever you may be.

100 years of Leica: Witness to a century (1925-2025) 

For Leica Camera, 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the Leica I. First presented to the public at the Leipzig Spring Fair in 1925, it was the first mass-produced Leica 35mm camera…

Leitz Photographica Auction: M Prototype sells for €2 million

A rare prototype Leica M sold for an astonishing 2.4 million euros at last weekend's 45th Leitz Photographica Auction…

Fokus Pokus: Time to reassess the role of the rangefinder

The Leica M11-P was often overshadowed by the Leica Q3 last year (and now, since the Q3 43 was released, even more so). That's why it's time to point out the (often underestimated) spectrum of possibilities offered by a rangefinder camera....

Leica’s Latest Financials: Best results in company history

Leica reveals a strong financial performance in its core Photography segment. Leica's financial results are the best in the company's long history.

Cropping Part 2: Enhancing cropped images using Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Gigapixel AI, from Topaz Labs, offers photographers the opportunity to digitally enhance heavily cropped images. In this article, the author explains how to use it and illustrates its impact using several wildlife shots.

Brooklands: The historic venue hosts a meeting of Macfilos authors

The backstory to Brooklands is fascinating. At the turn of the 20th century, motor racing was banned on public roads in mainland Britain….

Davide Monteleone and Maria Gutu head this year’s Oskar Barnack Awards

The two winners of the Leica Oskar Barnack Awards 2024 (LOBA) are Davide Monteleone and Maria Guțu. Read more...