Using a Sony A7II With Leica Glass | Can It Produce That Famous Leica Magic?
Could the much cheaper Sony mirrorless A7 series come close to producing the same image quality as the Leica M using Leica glass? Here’s what I found after a couple months of real world testing and comparing the two systems head to head.
From Canon to Leica: Mark Wallace’s Big Switch – A Familiar Story
Mark Wallace explains why he switched from Canon to Leica, a story very similar to my own.
Leica 100 Video | Recreating The World’s Most Iconic Images To Celebrate A Century
Leica takes their flair for the theatric and creates this centennial anniversary video by recreating history’s most iconic images. But what is it really saying?
Leica Announces New M-P, A Simple, Yet Significant Upgrade
Leica has announced their latest M series camera, the M-P, a upgrade designed at improving the overall speed and durability of their M series.
Why I Choose the Leica M9 Over the Nikon D4S – My Leica Experience
My experience as a wedding photographer with the Leica M9 and explain a little about why I ultimately chose to not send the rental back.
Leica: Is it really worth the price tag?
No doubt if you have been into photography for any amount of time you have heard of the Leica and the expensive price tag that the name demands. I, like most of you, have never even touched a leica but I assumed the image quality and features were top notch for such a price. That was until I saw these latest rankings courtesy of DxOMark in which the Leica M9, M9 P, and M-E Typ 220 earned really bad scores when compared to other DSLRs.
How a Canon 5D Mark II is Transformed into a Pseduo-Leica
Usually, when one acquires a $6,500 Leica Noctilux 50mm f/1 lens, that’s usually a great thing. The problem for San Diego photographer Robert Brenson is that he did not have a Leica rangefinder body to go with that lens. So then Robert transformed his Canon 5d mkII so it can accept the Noctilux.
World’s Most Expensive Lens: $2 million Leica APO-Telyt-R 1600mm
At a sum of US$ 2,064,500, Leica has the honor of manufacturing the world’s most expensive SLR Lens, the Leica APO-Telyt-R f/5.6 1600mm telephoto lens. A Howitzer among lenses, this 1600mm is also the largest and heaviest lens telephoto lens at 47.24 inches long, 16.5 inches diameter, and 132 lbs!