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Here lies a Leica Digilux 2

3 November, 2026

The Final 5 Frames with My Leica Digilux 2

By Michael Kaplan

3 November, 2026

/ Leica Digilux 2, /

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After several years of faithful service, my beautiful Leica Digilux 2 finally succumbed to the inevitable death of its sensor. The failure of the now infamous Sony ICX282AQ2 2/3inch CCD Sensor has been well documented and has plagued D2 owners for...

3 November, 2026

A Peak in a Colorless Sky – My photo of the year 2026

By Gary Smith

3 November, 2026

/ Landscape Photography, photo of the year 2026, /

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In August I set out on a drive around Oregon with the Contax G1 loaded with color film. I decided that this shot worked best for me in black and white due to the way the clouds were blowing over the peak in what was a colorless sky. I subsequently...

3 November, 2026

Canon EOS 650 – the cheap the good and the Phoenix

By Giacomo Cecot

3 November, 2026

/ Canon EOS 650, Canon SLR, Harman Film, Harman Phoenix 200, /

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The title is probably confusing enough to prompt an explanation here in the first few lines. I bought a Canon EOS 650. Why? Because it was cheap, that’s probably the first answer I would give you if you asked me. The second answer, if I allo...

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2 November, 2026

A Journey into the Past

By Walter Reumkens

Early October, autumn in Germany. Sunny, dry weather with mild temperatures. I got into my car and drove to two places, each 20 km away from where I live. Both places are in the...

2 November, 2026

Minolta Dynax 7xi review – Everything turned up to ‘xi’

By Bob Janes

The Minolta Dynax 7xi (also known as Alpha or Maxxum 7xi) was released in 1991 as a replacement for the Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum 7000i which had been Minolta’s ‘enthusiast...

1 November, 2026

Your photo of the year 2026 (and my photo of the year 2026)

By Hamish Gill

David Pauley has cornered me into this ‘photo of the year’ lark again by sharing his ‘Take two‘ and suggesting that we go for a repeat of last year…...

1 November, 2026

A Graceful Exit – My Favorite Photo of 2026

By David Pauley

Poor Hamish. I had another image all lined up and written about for my 2026 Favorite Photo of the Year, a black-and-white photograph of a celebrated boys’ choir processing in so...

1 November, 2026

The Finished City

By Danilo Leonardi

Central London very often looks as if someone had already taken the photograph. It is, in fact, a part of town endlessly photographed on phones, instant cameras, old and new “di...

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Michael Kaplan on The Final 5 Frames with My Leica Digilux 203/11/2026
Neal, Thanks for the note. I was hoping to use the D2 as a monochrome camera. That’s primarily how I…
Art Meripol on Canon EOS 650 – the cheap the good and the Phoenix03/11/2026
that little Canon 40mm lens is an under-appreciated gem.
Neal Wellons on The Final 5 Frames with My Leica Digilux 203/11/2026
I really like these shots and love your introductory photo. That was fun. People pay a lot of money for…
Michael Kaplan on The Final 5 Frames with My Leica Digilux 203/11/2026
Article Addendum: Sadlly, since writing the article, the Sony sensor died completely leaving me with an impressive lens attached to…
Gary Smith on A Peak in a Colorless Sky – My photo of the year 202603/11/2026
My skiing days are over Walter. The interesting bit was that while we did indeed set out across Oregon in…

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