Cameras have quietly dropped built-in GPS in favour of phone tethering. Jon Cheffings looks at how Leica, Pentax and others now handle geotagging, and what RTK and AI location-matching could bring next.
Leica's new close-focus M lenses push past the old 70cm rangefinder limit, and the M EV1 — the first M without one — lets photographers use every centimeter of it.
Is it possible that an electronic viewfinder could be uglier than the current Visoflex. According to rumour sites, it is eminently possible. The new design has all the charm of a shipping container — but it's likely to do an excellent job despite appearances...
Many Leica fans continue to wish for an M camera with built-in electronic viewfinder. But this is unlikely. Jörg-Peter believes that the SL2 and SL2-S fill this need: A camera with EVF that loves playing with manual M lenses...
If the latest rumours are to believed, the new Leica M11 will arrive this November. In a radical move, it will drop the traditional film-style removable bottom in favour of a Q2 bottom plate with pop-out battery and SD card hatch...