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Macfilos is an independent photography blog managed by five volunteers from Europe and the USA. Despite regular donations, costs exceed funds, prompting the call for support to maintain the site…

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Tony O’Shea and the ‘Me’ pictures: One of Ireland’s leading photographers and his quest to record everyday life

The work of Tony O'Shea, one of Irelands leading photographers, depiction everyday life in Ireland over the past forty years. His work is now being preserved at the Photomuseum Ireland.

Stranger In Paradise — On the Dal Lake

The Dal Lake in Srinagar once had as many as three thousand houseboats. Today there are fewer than a thousand and Butts Clermont Houseboats is its crowning jewel...

On the Road with the Leica Q2: Seattle, the coolest place in The Pacific Northwest

Keith describes the third and final destination visited on his trip to the northwest coast of the United States. Seattle turns out to be not only cool but very photogenic.

Living like a vampire: Landscape and the Leica Q2 Monochrom

Monochrome photography for landscapes and mountaineering: The choice between Leica SL2 conversions, the M Monochrom and the new Leica Q2 Monochrom

Travels with the Ricoh GR: Myanmar Part I, Yangon

Almost three years ago our steps led us to the golden land known as Myanmar. That was before the election when the LND won a landslide victory. What was striking at the time was the people's hope for a more democratic regime…..

Gloriana: The Queen’s Rowbarge sets forth in infinite splendour

It’s not every day you can get a close-up...

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Travelling Light On Safari with a Panasonic FZ1000: Photographing ‘The Big Five’

Photography on safari called for a lightweight camera with a great focal-length range. Enter the 10-year-old Lumix FZ1000 bridge camera.

Quiz Time: Name Leica’s smallest autofocus L-Mount lens

It's small, beautifully formed, and flat as a pancake. What is it? It's the smallest autofocus L-Mount lens made by Leica.

A journey into personal history along the Regent’s Canal

Kevin begins his adventure exploring the historic Regent's Canal through London. He starts with a personal quest for the site of the family timber yard…

The Home of Copper: Neglected but still proud in its decay

Copper mining changed history in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Jon investigates the legacy of a forgotten industry...

Street Photography: Diptychs — three for the price of two

Historically, a diptych was a hinged, two-panel artwork. In modern usage, it can be a related pair of paintings or, even more relevant to us, street photographs.

Leitz Photographica Auction: M Prototype sells for €2 million

A rare prototype Leica M sold for an astonishing 2.4 million euros at last weekend's 45th Leitz Photographica Auction…

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Top 18 cameras for street photography

Here are 18 cameras, new and old, that will do the street photographer proud

Panasonic Leica DG 8-18mm Vario-Elmarit ASPH wide-angle zoom

The professional Leica DG zoom range for micro four-thirds is showing a lot of promise. The 12-60mm is an all-round good guy and his new 8-18mm wide zoom is shaping up....

Reid Reviews: Sigma 45mm f/2.8 DG DN For Leica L-Mount

Reid Reviews is one of the most useful places to get a detailed impartial review of a wide range of lenses for M and L mounts — plus many others.

MG classics and the versatile Panasonic FZ1000

"Get a shot of every car in the event" was my brief. And what better tool than the verstatile Panasonic FX1000 with that competent one-inch sensor.....

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Lucky Leica Q2: Red special for Chinese Singles Day on November 11

On the shelf? You might try this lucky red Leica Q2 to give you luck and the courage to go shopping on Chinese Singles Day 2020...

The Marbury Lady and her iPhone camera

How The Marbury Lady has used her iPhone to create a successful landscape photography business in Cheshire, England

Macfilos at Eight: Snotty little engine driver switches to the merchant navy

Obnoxious child: An eight-year-old Macfilos can't make his mind up whether to be a miniature engine driver or a porter on a magnificent liner...

On this day in 1945: The ballpoint pen, a revolution in writing, rocked New York

The humble ballpoint pen dates back 132 years. But it reached prime time on this day in 1945 when Gimbels department store in New York sold 30,000 pens at $12.50 each in the first week...
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