The first photo I uploaded to Flickr
I uploaded this photo of my daughter to Flickr on July 5, 2004. It was taken shortly after I got my first Leica rangefinder, (an M6 TTL), and I was practicing t...
Tag: Leica
Keeping the Leica SL
I was supposed to sell the Leica SL once the SL2-S arrived. I almost did it, too. It’s technically still listed for sale in a couple of places, but I̵...
Don’t listen to this guy. Use any lens you want with a Leica
I watched the following video by Ramsey Spencer yesterday and I’ve been fuming about it ever since: What a load of elitist bullshit. I realize he’s ...
I forgot I wasn’t going to shoot any film this year
It’s not that I made a promise or anything, but I had no intention of shooting film in 2021. I put away my scanning rig, stored the chemicals, and placed ...
The Leica APO-Summicron-SL 35mm f/2 ASPH Lens
I recently bought a used, 5-year-old Leica SL. I didn’t buy any new lenses at the time, as I wasn’t sure I’d even like the camera. Turns out I...
The Leica SL2-S = InstaBuy!
When I bought a used Leica SL(601) recently instead of the newer SL2 , it was mostly because I didn’t want to spend $6,000 on a camera that I wasn’t...
My new (5-year-old) Leica SL
When I first saw the Leica SL, I was amazed by its brutalist audacity. Coming from the M series, this was not what I pictured when thinking “Leica”....