Tag: National Portrait Gallery

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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.

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”. 

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

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