6 December, 2025
Osaka with a Leica iiig and Summitar
After a three hour drive and a two hour flight I needed a drink – I say ‘a’ euphemistically: beer, nihonshu (“sake”), red wine and whisky hit the spot but set the tone for the f...
30 November, 2025
5 Frames with a Leica iiig, Summitar and FP4+ at 400asa
I have written about the Leica iiig in the context of other Leicas here. Briefly summarising these are the key differences compared to the M3 for me: Advantages Smaller and ligh...
10 October, 2025
Leica iiig – a Filmfurbish Edition / Rose Tinted Review
The Leica iiig is a camera that I have previously been uncertain I would like – I saw it as almost a worst of two worlds option from its era. It’s a camera from a period w...
3 April, 2025
Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
It was the weather we all know and love so much as photographers – dull, miserable, cold, a hint of fog but not enough to be interesting, and a soupçon of fine rain (featured im...
13 March, 2025
Leica iiig, Elmar, Summar and Retropan Soft 320 in PMK Pyro
Let me begin with my miserable excuses: (1) the weather was sh.., (2) the film was another ‘back of the fridge’ discovery, expired nearly 4 years ago, (3) probably b...
11 September, 2024
Barnack to Barnack – my Thread Mount Leica Journey so far
On my journey trying out many different film cameras I went through a Leica M phase, spending time with an M4-P, M3, M2 and M7. When using the M3 which was only a year younger t...
14 May, 2024
5 Frames inspired by Georges de la Tour
It was the 13th of March. In my inbox was the daily news in French email and it began by saying on that day in 1593 the painter Georges de la Tour was born, and he became famous...
18 February, 2024
A Wet and Misty Thames Walk with a Leica iiig and 50mm Summar
A walk with a Leica iiig from the late 1960s (recently restored by PPP cameras) and Summar lens from the 1930s, at first finishing off a Silvermax roll then Fomapan 100 and RPX ...