Claus Sassenberg, Author at Macfilos https://www.macfilos.com/author/claus-sassenberg/ Leica cameras, photography and discussion Fri, 31 Jan 2025 09:45:10 +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 Claus Sassenberg, Author at Macfilos https://www.macfilos.com/author/claus-sassenberg/ 32 32 183858286 Leica Q3 43 in real life: Resistance is futile, so I gave in and got the thing after all https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/31/leica-q3-43/ https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/31/leica-q3-43/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:00:32 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=82640 The new Leica Q3 43 is a highly versatile and powerful camera. First tests in real life conditions show its full potential.

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2025/01/31/leica-q3-43/feed/ 7 82640 Fokus Pokus: Time to reassess the role of the rangefinder https://www.macfilos.com/2024/11/22/fokus-pokus-time-to-reassess-the-role-of-the-rangefinder/ https://www.macfilos.com/2024/11/22/fokus-pokus-time-to-reassess-the-role-of-the-rangefinder/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:00:10 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=78679 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....

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2024/11/22/fokus-pokus-time-to-reassess-the-role-of-the-rangefinder/feed/ 19 78679 Leica M9: Looking back to a turning point in camera history https://www.macfilos.com/2024/05/24/leica-m9-looking-back-to-a-turning-point-in-camera-history/ https://www.macfilos.com/2024/05/24/leica-m9-looking-back-to-a-turning-point-in-camera-history/#comments Fri, 24 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=71491 …both for Leica, and for me personally. The first time I saw a picture of the Leica M9 (I think it was on Luminous Landscape) I couldn’t believe this was a contemporary digital device. It matched the common design concept of the Far Eastern competition in the same way that a Jaguar E-Type matches a […]

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2024/05/24/leica-m9-looking-back-to-a-turning-point-in-camera-history/feed/ 24 71491 Black and White Filters: Urgently needed and increasingly difficult to find https://www.macfilos.com/2023/11/20/black-and-white-filters-urgently-needed-and-increasingly-difficult-to-find/ https://www.macfilos.com/2023/11/20/black-and-white-filters-urgently-needed-and-increasingly-difficult-to-find/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2023 14:00:04 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=65544 Serious black and white photography on film or a monochrome sensor is hardly possible without filters. But despite the b/w renaissance, filters are becoming less and less popular. Also with manufacturers.

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2023/11/20/black-and-white-filters-urgently-needed-and-increasingly-difficult-to-find/feed/ 11 65544 Leica M6 2022: A mix of essay and review https://www.macfilos.com/2023/08/09/leica-m6-model-year-2022-a-mix-of-essay-and-review/ https://www.macfilos.com/2023/08/09/leica-m6-model-year-2022-a-mix-of-essay-and-review/#comments Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:00:45 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=62187 The Leica M6 2022 is an exercise in mechanical high-tech perfection. It is built to last for generations, in direct contrast to today's consumer products. Claus delves into his motivation in buying the new camera

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2023/08/09/leica-m6-model-year-2022-a-mix-of-essay-and-review/feed/ 26 62187 Leica Q3 hands-on: First impressions by a man who came back to the fold https://www.macfilos.com/2023/06/16/first-impressions-in-the-leica-q3-hands-on/ https://www.macfilos.com/2023/06/16/first-impressions-in-the-leica-q3-hands-on/#comments Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:00:37 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=61014 Claus sold his Q2 in a rash moment, but this cleared the decks for a new Q3 on the day it was announced. Here are impressions on first acquaintance with the new 28mm full-frame workhorse from Leica...

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2023/06/16/first-impressions-in-the-leica-q3-hands-on/feed/ 13 61014 First impressions: The tiny but astonishing Leica APO-Summicron-M 35 f/2 ASPH https://www.macfilos.com/2022/12/16/first-impressions-the-tiny-but-astonishing-leica-apo-summicron-m-35-f2-asph/ https://www.macfilos.com/2022/12/16/first-impressions-the-tiny-but-astonishing-leica-apo-summicron-m-35-f2-asph/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2022 12:00:35 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=56602 Mega performance in a high-quality, very compact lens: That was the objective and the Leica 35mm APO-Summicron-M fitted the bill to a tee...

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2022/12/16/first-impressions-the-tiny-but-astonishing-leica-apo-summicron-m-35-f2-asph/feed/ 27 56602 Regarding the M11: A brief exchange with Stefan Daniel https://www.macfilos.com/2022/06/06/regarding-the-m11-a-brief-exchange-with-stefan-daniel/ https://www.macfilos.com/2022/06/06/regarding-the-m11-a-brief-exchange-with-stefan-daniel/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2022 09:29:32 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=52467 The Leica M11 is a great camera. I have been using it now for half a year for all kinds of different occasions. Not once have I felt it was not up to the job. But I have a major issue with the new exposure metering method which means the shutter is permanently open once the camera is switched on. While this may be the norm for mirrorless cameras, the M is a rangefinder and deserves special treatment...

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2022/01/21/leica-m11-hands-on-primus-inter-pares/feed/ 55 50346 Ode to the joy of the Leica M10 https://www.macfilos.com/2021/12/15/ode-to-the-joy-of-the-leica-m10/ https://www.macfilos.com/2021/12/15/ode-to-the-joy-of-the-leica-m10/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:00:27 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=49858 Claus reviews his five-year experience of Leica's finest digital rangefinder, the M10. It has had an extended life as a result of the pandemic and the much-rumoured M11 is now imminent. But the M10 will live on as a digital legend...

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