Department of Far Rumps: Where has all the sveltness gone?
Posted on by John Shingleton
The Panasonic G9 has been called the Porsche 911 of cameras. But, as John argues, this comparison lies mainly in the burgeoning weight and bulk as once-small devices grow like Topsy…..
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Posted on by Mike Evans
Leia Fotopark users are advised to download their pictures before the service closes at the end of next month.
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Impulse buy? Leica UK is moving to a a new flagship store not far from Oxford Street, London’s main shopping thoroughfare. More footfall is assured, and many of those feet will be immaculately shod. Even an M10-P could be an impulse buy for some…..
Posted on by Mike Evans
On February 4 Leica will open a flagship store in the heart of London’s shopping area. It is a good move which will ensure much greater exposure for the marque…..
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Notebooks, typewriters, fountain pens: All should by rights be dead, foully killed off by the computer. But they live on despite all odds. Today Mike dons his rose-tinted glasses to peer back to the heyday of the typewriter
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Posted on by John Shingleton
Sometimes the best shots come at the most unexpected moments — and often when you are unprepared.
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Darkroom Library View on the iPad (all images Bergen.co)
Posted on by Mike Evans
MacStories investigates Darkroom for iPad….
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Leica X1 and X2. Their major deficiency today is the lack of an in-built viewfinder. Users have to make do with the lcd screen, but they can attach viewfinders to the hot shoe. The X2 has the Olympus VF2 attached, a cheaper alternative to the identical Leica VF-2; it provides full EVF capability. The X1 has the lovely metal Voigtländer 35mm OVF attached; old school but it works well, and the green focus lock light on the camera is still visible in the periphery of vision when using it.
Posted on by Wayne Gerlach
The Leica X1 an X2 35mm-focal-length compacts have become something of a digital classic. Wayne has been out with both cameras for a back-to-back comparison and discovered some interesting differences in output
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Posted on by Mike Evans
At last we have an estimated launch date of the end of March for Panasonic’s new L-mount full-frame cameras. 2019 is going to be an exciting time for the new Leica-designed mount
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Mike Johnson of OCOLOY fame is considering restricting himself in 2019 to the Panasonic Lumix G9. Is it a sensible choice, we wonder…..
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No screen? No problem, just fire up your phone and you can make the M10-D sing for its supper
Posted on by Mike Evans
The world’s best camera, the camera of the year, is surely the one you have just purchased. If you didn’t think so you wouldn’t have chosen it. So why does my choice of the Leica M10-D as COTY send readers POTTY?
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The new ScanSnap IX1500 is a fast and accurate means of turning all your paper into searchable files and is the open gate to the shredding machine (Image Fujitsu)
Posted on by Mike Evans
Where are we it the much heralded paperless office? It isn’t here yet (not quite), but an efficient sheet-feed scanner and an intelligent digital storage system can turn you into a 95% paperless paragon
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Life is all about simple pleasures — such as piloting the Leica M10-D and munching on a block of Kendal Mint Cake…..
Posted on by Mike Evans
When it comes to choosing the best new camera of the year, I admit I live in a little Leica bubble. I’ve paid due attention to the Sony a7III and to the new full-framers from Nikon and Canon. All wonderful cameras. But nothing has enthused me more than one oddball Leica, the M10-D.
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Posted on by Mike Evans
My friend George is dead. He had known for many months that he had little time left after his seven-year battle with cancer. But he set his heart on one last Christmas Day which he enjoyed with his family around him. Having achieved his goal, he died peacefully in his own bed on Saturday morning.
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Posted on by John Shingleton
John has chosen his photo of the year — and it was taken in Rumania with the Leica Q…..
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These impeccable British-made notebooks come in many different colour combinations and two sizes, A5 and A6. Image; William Hannah.
Posted on by Mike Evans
I have a soft spot for notebooks and writing implements. So what better gift to receive than one of William Hannah’s finely crafted British notebooks and a Montblanc collectors’ item to use with it?
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