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OM System Old and New: Through Italy with an Olympus OM-4 and an OM-5

Film Joerg-Peter Rau -
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.

Swiss Roll: There’s life in the old Kuchen yet

Feature Articles Mike Evans -
The intriguing story of the Swiss Roll, the long-lost Leica negatives brought back to life after 74 years, continues to mystify. Here is an update on an unsolved mystery...

Jeremy’s year shooting landscape with the Leica M11 rangefinder

Landscape Mike Evans -
Professional photographer Jeremy Walker has spent a year shooting landscapes with his latest Leica rangefinder. Here is his full review…

40mm Compacts: From ancient to modern with the Rollei 35 and Ricoh GR IIIx

Film Joerg-Peter Rau -
The film-loading Rollei 35 from 1966 and the digital Ricoh GR IIIx (2021) have more on common that it seems. For example, a 40mm (equiv.) lens and a design that puts smallness over all. Read here a comparing review of these two cameras.

Leica Q2: The perfect full-frame travel camera?

Feature Articles Keith James -
Is Leica's successful Q2 the ideal travel camera, despite the restructions of its fixed wide-angle lens? Keith sets off for Europe to find out...

Ex-votos: A minimalist photographic project for lockdown leisure

Feature Articles Andrea Bellelli -
A project for lockdown: Capturing images of ex votos pleas in one local area of Rome

Walking the Greenway del Lago di Como with my RX100

Feature Articles Chris Rodgers -
The title is a mixture of American English and Italian, so I will give it some context.  Lake Como...

Saracinesco: A picturesque and historic village in the Appennini mountains

Feature Articles Andrea Bellelli -
A chance encounter led to the discovery of the unique history of a Saracen pirate settlement in the hills near Rome. Andrea Bellelli goes exploring...

Macfilos notches up 40,000 page views over the weekend

Leica Mike Evans -
Our story of the 70-year-old roll of undevelopled film has captured the world's imagination. It's a great human-interest story at a time of much gloom and doom...

Un monte che col ciel quasi confina

Feature Articles Andrea Bellelli -
The Gran Sasso d'Italia, a climb, a set of photographs and a literary appreciation of this region just 120km east of Rome...

Gaeta: The village on the Tyrrhenian Sea packed with history

Feature Articles Andrea Bellelli -
Andrea explores the hidden attractions of the ancient port of Gaeta, just a few kilometres from Rome itself.

Swiss Roll: Hidden for 70 years, these photographs were recovered from an ancient Leica film cassette

Film William Fagan -
I roll of 35mm film exposed two generations ago in Switzerland and Italy. It has remained undeveloped through the decades and now provides a unique and poignant record or a vacation by an unknown family. We would like to get in touch and returned their unseen holiday snaps...

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LEICA MOMENTS

Review: IDS Works Leica M11 grip improves handling and ergonomics

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Leica offers a range of handsome accessories for its...

Davide Monteleone and Maria Gutu head this year’s Oskar Barnack Awards

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The two winners of the Leica Oskar Barnack Awards 2024 (LOBA) are Davide Monteleone and Maria Guțu. Read more...

Top prices at the sixth Wetzlar Camera Auction: Christo’s wrapped Leica sells for €212,500.

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Top prices were again achieved at the sixth Wetzlar Camera Auction last Saturday.

Leica M11 family firmware update 2.1.3 tackles bugs and improves stability

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Improved stability and bug fixing is included in the Leica M11 family firmware update…

Leica Q3 43 Readers’ Report: Your chance to contribute to a Macfilos review of the new compact

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The Leica Q3 43 has come into my life, and I am loving it. Now for the Readers' Report...

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Leica SL3-S Launched: New 24MP, faster autofocus, content credentials, better video capabilities

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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. 

Apple iPhone at 18: The screen that launched a thousand apps and ate the camera industry’s lunch

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The iPhone is 18 tomorrow. Not everyone was convinced when it launched in 2007. But it turned out to ba revolutionary device which has conquered the world…

Photoshop Tricks and Tips for Beginners: Adding a border around your image

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In the first article of a new series, Keith provides a short 'how-to' on getting started using layers.

It’s that most wonderful time of the year: Season’s Greetings from the Macfilos team

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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) 

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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…

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