Tilt Shift effects. An experiment
Recently I discovered an Australian photographer called Keith Lutit. He makes little time lapse films using a tilt shift lens. Have a look for yourself, it’s mesmerising. It got me…
Plustek 7400 film scanner review
Beautiful old Alfa shot with Leica M3 and Tmax 100 asa film. Scanned with Plustek 7400 film scanner. Recently I was going through some old B&W prints and I realised…
Leica S2 gives you wood
One of the plated winches aboard the awesome J Class yacht Shamrock. Picture by Leica S2 with the 70mm f2.5 lens. 160 ISO, f5.6 at 250 sec. You’ve heard it…
Leica M9 and Visoflex III
Leica M9, Visoflex III, Elmar 50mm Dragonfly on a basil plant. The Visoflex was a device manufactured by Leica almost 50 years ago. It enabled their rangefinder cameras to be…
Leica M9 emergency battery option
What was fabulous about the film M Leicas was that they could work even if they had no batteries. You might lose the light meter but you could still take…
Leica M9 for Lefties
This idea came from watching my left handed friend use my M9. He placed the whole camera over his face as if the camera was an SLR. This is not…
Leica M9 reconsidered
Please note that this post was written in July 2010 long before Leica launched the M9-P Sorry for any confusion! It was a post card that I received from an…
In the footsteps of Cartier Bresson
If the photo above seems familiar that’s because it’s a modern interpretation of a very old and famous photograph taken by Henri Cartier Bresson. He was always one of my…
Leica M9, instant deployment case
There’s no point having a great camera if you don’t have it with you when you need it. The Leica M9 is pretty compact for what it is but it’s…