Tag: Leica

Leica Q3 43 in real life: Resistance is futile, so I gave in and got the thing after all

The new Leica Q3 43 is a highly versatile and powerful camera. First tests in real life conditions show its full potential.

Discontinued Leica WATE: Farewell to a unique lens

Leica has stopped selling the Wide-Angle Tri-Elmar-M 16-18-21 aka WATE. It was and is a unique lens which can help produce extraordinary pictures…

Leica Centennial: Teddy bears and pens, shopping bags and cufflinks hit the market

The Leica Centennial celebrations are boosted today by a bewildering array of merchandise which will be released throughout the year. Enhanced by leading brands like Steiff and Faber-Castell, the eclectic collection is aimed at both collectors and at the casual centennial celebrator.

75 Years On: Where in the world is George Orwell buried?

George Orwell died seventy-five years ago, in January 1950. But his grave lies in a most unusual place...

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...

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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....