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Leica iiia

The Genius of Barnack, a Leica iiia & how rangefinders found a home on 35mmc

Until a few weeks ago I hadn’t held a Barnack Leica for a good few years, so long in fact that whilst I knew the name “Leica” when I did hold one, I had no real concept of what I was looking at. In the maybe 15 years since then I have picked up quite …

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leica m7

My failing right eye, an old watch, the Leica M7 and learning how to frame a photo again…

The following is an anecdotal tale of how and why I have come to own a Leica M7, and more importantly what this beautiful bit of kit has brought to the table for me as a photographer. I know it isn’t strictly speaking a 35mm compact camera as I have defined them, but then this …

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gears

Shooting film, XP2, my laziness and other comments on entering the world of analogue photography…

I don’t consider my self particularly qualified to talk about film with any authority. It’s silly really as I do have some experience, just not as much as it feels like a lot of other photographers out there in Internet land have. I’m not confident my terminology is correct, but to be honest I’m not …

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