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Oskar Barnack: His first photograph taken with the Ur Leica camera in 1914

Film Mike Evans -
The first photograph taken with a Leica camera, by its inventor Oskar Barnack, is of a scene in the town of Wetzlar, home of Leica. The scene, the Eisenmarkt, looks almost the same today as it did then, over a hundred years ago. So, naturally, any self-respecting Leica photographer wants to stand in the same spot that Barnack did, and take the same photo.

Did Leica’s Oskar Barnack test a prototype Apple Vision Pro in 1914?

Apple Mike Evans -
Here's evidence that Leica's Oskar Barnack didn't sit twiddling his thumbs after cooking up the 35mm miniature camera. Far from it, he was beavering away on the Leica Vision Pro, virtual reality for the start of the war in 1914...

Oskar One Zero Five comes in loud and clear

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No, this is not a wireless call sign. It represents an example of what is today called the Leica...

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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....

Gloss black Leica M11 with matching Noctilux-M 50 f/1.2 ASPH and leather accessories

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Leica's gloss black M11 is likely to be the object of love at first sight for many brand aficionados. And the accompanying Noctilux-M f/1.2 retro-styled light magnet, also in Leica noir, will quell the slightest hint of resistance.

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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.

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