Category: Leica

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In the glory days of film recording, every one knew that Kodachrome had a different color pallet than Ektachrome or Agfachrome and you had to choose your film according to the required color reproduction. And when you needed a fine grained film with high resolution, you accepted a limited dynamic range. Now we want everything in one camera: accurate colors, high dynamic range, high resolution, high speed and every possible combination without losing anything.

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Take the 12.2 Megapixel Sony-fabricated sensor that’s likely the same one found in the Nikon D300, put it in a pocket-sized Leica-designed body with a Leica 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit lens, have someone else build it but complete the assembly and testing in Solms, Germany, and what do you have? The Leica X1, if course.

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LeicaShots aims to show some of the best pictures from the thousands of unknown Leica shooters worldwide. They get a chance to tell their stories behind the pictures, as well as why they choose a Leica as their trusted companion.

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Jack Howard and Mason Resnick, along with Leica Camera’s Amy Kosh, spend an afternoon shooting with the new 37.5 megapixel medium format Leica S2 at the Union Square Holiday Market and in an impromptu portrait session.

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the Editors choose the Leica M9 as an Editors Choice subject. The capture reads: finally a digital rangefinder that lets you think like a 35mm photographer. How is it to think like a 35mm photographer? The explanation notes that the M9 now has the same angle of view as the M7 or earlier Leica M bodies when you switch lenses with the same focal length. The explanation that the M8’s sensor increases the focal length by 1.3x is wrong. The M8 sensor can do magical things but not change the optical characteristics of the lens. A 50mm lens keeps its focal length of 50mm on an M8 as it did when you used the rare 18x24mm Leica 72.

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Michael was kind enough to ask for my opinion on the letter. I shared some thoughts with him and he then encouraged me to write these as a “counterpoint” to his letter. Rather than being a counterpoint, I would suggest that my thoughts represent a slightly different point of view that is complementary in most areas.

So, without further ado, here are my thoughts.

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Recently test results of the Leica M9 from DxO created some consternation among M9 owners and possibly prospective owners.

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It was just a job. I was a year and a half out of college, and at the time it was just a job. I really wasn’t familiar with Leica, other than I owned a 35mm camera. But when you work here you quickly learn about Leica and what a fabulous brand it is.

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One year after first testing the Leica M9, Jonathan Eastland finds there’s still room for improvement from this “nearly perfect” digital rangefinder. But short of some adjustments to body shape and JPEG reproduction, the greatest development has been the introduction of the Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH