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January 3, 2019

The Sweetest Taboo – The Unlikely Story of Leitz Minolta

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The 1970s were a great time for camera geeks. The decade brought us the apex of professional mechanical 35mm SLRs in the Nikon F2, and the beginning of the amateur 35mm SLR segment as we…

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December 23, 2018

Leica? More like Lie… ca, or Something

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When Ernst Leitz GmbH invented the M system in 1954, they named their first M camera the Leica M3 for a very good reason. The name M3 signaled to the unwashed masses that the camera…

James Tocchio
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December 10, 2018

Leica CL Review – the Smallest M-Mount Rangefinder Defies Comparison

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The great thing about the Leica CL, when new, was that it shed the trappings of the brand whose name it wore. It wasn’t trying to be a Leica M. It was its own thing,…

James Tocchio
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December 5, 2018

Leica Elmarit-TL 18mm F/2.8 Aspherical Lens Review

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Leica has just revealed a cosmetic update to its digital mirrorless Leica CL, and this time, it’s silver. But I’ve already reviewed that camera. Can I really request a test camera based on a new…

James Tocchio
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August 19, 2018

Unboxing a Brand New, Never Opened, Leica M6 Classic – Video Feature

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Very rarely does one get to experience something old as though it were new. Instead, we search for the cleanest examples, the vintage gear with the lowest mileage, striving to get as close as possible…

Nelson Murray
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August 6, 2018

Leica M5 – 35mm Film Camera Review

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The Leica M5 is the most radical Leica M film camera ever made. Debuting in 1971, it deviated from the earlier M formula by introducing a totally new design aesthetic. It also brought functional and…

James Tocchio
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July 18, 2018

Shooting Martha’s Vineyard with the Leica R5 and Kodak Ultramax

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In five years of shooting film cameras, I’d never shot the Leica R5. When one rolled through the shop an hour before I was set to board a boat to Martha’s Vineyard, it seemed like…

James Tocchio
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June 13, 2018

We Review the M-A, Leica’s Newest 35mm Film Camera

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In 1968 Mercedes-Benz introduced the world to the pinnacle of the luxury sedan. Up to that time, the 300SEL 6.3’s combination of engineering, ambition, and sheer bloody mindedness had never been matched. While others had…

Chris Cushing
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May 15, 2018

What I Learned from a Weekend Doing Everything Wrong (Photographically)

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Before we get too far in, and to ensure that we feel the full impact of my idiotic failings of the past weekend, it’s important to really make clear all the things at which I…

James Tocchio
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May 4, 2018

A Year with the Leitz Summicron R 50mm F/2 Lens

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Made to fit Leica’s R mount SLR cameras, Leitz R series lenses don’t enjoy the fanfare heaped on their M mount brethren. No surprise; Leica shooters skew toward rangefinders, and sticker shock keeps kids looking…

James Tocchio
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April 3, 2018

Which Leica Rangefinder Should I Buy? CP Answers

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Every day, someone asks me which Leica rangefinder they should buy, and I think they expect me to come back with an easy answer; “Get an M-whatever.” But it’s not that simple. Instead, I ask…

James Tocchio
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March 25, 2018

Leica CL Mirrorless Digital Camera Review

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I’ve spent the past month shooting Leica’s newest mirrorless digital camera, and something very strange has happened. Leica’s CL has turned me into a real fan of Leica. Startling, I know, but it’s true; I…

James Tocchio
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February 10, 2018

The Magic of Slide Projectors and Why You Should Own One

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Gleeful giggling, happy screams, and the thunderous reverberations of a three-year-old girl hopping up and down on hardwood flooring. These were the sounds that rang through my house the first time my daughter saw a…

James Tocchio
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January 22, 2018

The Legendary Cameras of James Bond

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I’ll admit it; Ian Fleming’s Bond novels and the resulting franchise of films are one of the guilty pleasures I’ll allow myself. The books that brought the world of 007 to life are, at times,…

James Tocchio
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