Travel Archives - Macfilos https://www.macfilos.com/category/genres/travel/ Leica cameras, photography and discussion Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:38:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.macfilos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/macfilos-removebg-preview-1-150x146.png Travel Archives - Macfilos https://www.macfilos.com/category/genres/travel/ 32 32 183858286 Falling in Love Again: Was Medium Format the right choice for me, and can it be the right choice for you? https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/17/falling-in-love-too-easily/ https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/17/falling-in-love-too-easily/#comments Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:00:48 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=82215 Erwin falls in love easily with camera gear. He took up Medium Format and loved the gear, but has now moved on...

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/17/falling-in-love-too-easily/feed/ 21 82215 Istanbul: An odyssey through chaos, carpets, and call to prayer with a Leica Q-P https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/14/an-istanbul-odyssey/ https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/14/an-istanbul-odyssey/#comments Fri, 14 Feb 2025 07:11:30 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=81512 Istanbul is a crossroads city at the interception of cultures. It is both traditional and modern. It's Western and Eastern European, and the gateway to Asia. It defies easy definition and for that reason is a magnet for curious travelers.

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/14/an-istanbul-odyssey/feed/ 14 81512 The View Point Café, Harwich Harbour: the ideal base for a day’s photography https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/10/the-view-point-cafe-harwich-harbour-the-ideal-base-for-a-days-photography/ https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/10/the-view-point-cafe-harwich-harbour-the-ideal-base-for-a-days-photography/#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:00:29 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=82397 The View Point Café in Harwich Harbour is a perfect vantage point for spotting and photographing passing ships. And, they serve a nice cup of tea.

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/10/the-view-point-cafe-harwich-harbour-the-ideal-base-for-a-days-photography/feed/ 4 82397 The Pocketable Ricoh GRIIIx HDF – good enough? https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/07/ricoh-griiix-hdf-pocketable-good-enough/ https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/07/ricoh-griiix-hdf-pocketable-good-enough/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:00:54 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=83316 Is the Ricoh GR3X HDF good enough for a discerning photographer like yourself? Andrew Tobin helps you to decide for yourself…

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/07/ricoh-griiix-hdf-pocketable-good-enough/feed/ 21 83316 OM System Old and New: Through Italy with an Olympus OM-4 and an OM-5 https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/03/om-system-old-and-new-through-italy-with-an-olympus-om-4-and-an-om-5/ https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/03/om-system-old-and-new-through-italy-with-an-olympus-om-4-and-an-om-5/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=82186 OM System is today the maker of the OM-5 DSLM camera. But the OM System was also the platform of the Olympus analogue SLR cameras. We tried the recent OM-5 and the vintage OM-4 Ti side by side during a trip to Italy.

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/03/om-system-old-and-new-through-italy-with-an-olympus-om-4-and-an-om-5/feed/ 8 82186 75 Years On: Where in the world is George Orwell buried? https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/20/75-years-on-where-in-the-world-is-george-orwell-buried/ https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/20/75-years-on-where-in-the-world-is-george-orwell-buried/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:00:39 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=82528 George Orwell died seventy-five years ago, in January 1950. But his grave lies in a most unusual place...

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/20/75-years-on-where-in-the-world-is-george-orwell-buried/feed/ 15 82528 Too good to be true: Why the pictures of David Osborn fascinate us https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/15/too-good-to-be-true-why-the-pictures-of-david-osborn-fascinate-us/ https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/15/too-good-to-be-true-why-the-pictures-of-david-osborn-fascinate-us/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=82232 British photographer David Osborn creates his images with his camera and in Photoshop. The result is images to which the term “painterly” really fits.

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/15/too-good-to-be-true-why-the-pictures-of-david-osborn-fascinate-us/feed/ 8 82232 Searching for my Cameraman https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/10/cameraman/ https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/10/cameraman/#comments Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:00:27 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=81141 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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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/10/cameraman/feed/ 28 81141 Taking A Leica Q3 on Holiday: Photography, fishing, and footwear https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/06/taking-a-leica-q3-on-holiday-food-photography-and-footwear/ https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/06/taking-a-leica-q3-on-holiday-food-photography-and-footwear/#comments Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:02:13 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=81120 The most important factor in deciding where to take my Leica Q3 on holiday is whether I can photograph interesting subjects near to my hotel. I hit the jackpot at a spot less than 10 km from Ephesus.

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/06/taking-a-leica-q3-on-holiday-food-photography-and-footwear/feed/ 2 81120 A winter journey in Provence: travels with a Leica Q3-28 and Leica Q3-43 https://www.macfilos.com/2024/12/20/travels-with-a-leica-q3-28-and-leica-q3-43-in-provence/ https://www.macfilos.com/2024/12/20/travels-with-a-leica-q3-28-and-leica-q3-43-in-provence/#comments Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:00:47 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=80925 In the Luberon, where I’m fortunate enough to live, there’s a temptation to believe you may have already seen the best of Provence. But every so often, the call of another village, just a bit further afield, lures you out of your comfort zone…

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