Leica 50mm Summicron Archives

9 January, 2019

5 Candid Portraits in Tsukiji Pushing T-Max 100 with a Leica M6J and Summicron 50mm f/2- By Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

Tsukiji is one of the few remaining neighborhoods in Tokyo where you can get a sense of what the city was like in the 1950s and 1960s, and a favorite street photography stomping...

21 August, 2018

5 Frames with the Summishica – By Andy Karlson

By Andy Karlson

I've returned to film photography fairly recently, having impulsively bought a Yashica TL-Super (plus three lenses and a parts body) for $30 at a garage sale last September. Sin...

10 December, 2017

Leica 50mm f/2 Summicron v3 – Cameraworks Restoration Review

By Hamish Gill

A few years ago a mate of mine bought a v3 50mm Leica Summicron that could be best described as a bit of a dog. Optically, it was spot on, but mechanically it looked and felt a ...

30 January, 2015

A lost roll from Christmas – 50mm V4 Summicron and XP2

By Hamish Gill

I shot quite a few rolls over Christmas, but a few got left in cameras halfway through. In the case of this film, it got left in the Leica M7. The purchase of an Leica M3 and a ...

30 October, 2014

Hartlebury Train Carriages – Cinestill 800T and 50mm Summicron

By Hamish Gill

These train carriages are parked up on a disused bit of railway line just inside the Hartlebury Trading estate near Kidderminster. Quite beautiful in their decay I think, I deci...

Gary on A Summer of Street Portraits on Film
This is not for publication. The photo of the young woman in shorts, with the nose rings, is interesting in…
Umberto Fracassi on VEIL – a campaign to publish my book
Dear Lubomir, These pictures are just stunning. I vividly went through the whole piece and it is impossible not to…
David Hume on Reflecting on a few of my failures
Aha - Cheers Alexandre, I think the secret lies in, "The photo was taken during a class and we were…

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