What’s going to happen at Leica in 2021?

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A roundup of Leica Christmas rumours: Will any of them materialise in 2021?

Macfilos RSS: Keeping in touch

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Having trouble with your Macfilos RSS feed?

Billingham Hadley Small Pro brings requested new features

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The Billingham Hadley Small was always our favourite small-outfit camera bag. But it lacked a handle, a rear pocket and a luggage-trolley strap. Now the Hadley Small Pro brings all these features and also adds a quickly detachable feature to the shoulder strap.

Leica Q at Five: The camera they got right

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Five years on, Mike takes a look at the impact made by the Leica Q in 2015 and explains why this has been Leica's most successful digital camera to date.

Farewell Erwin Puts: One of the world’s foremost Leica experts dies at 77

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Erwin Puts, who has died at the age of 76, was one of the world's foremost experts on Leica cameras and lenses. Don Morley pays a tribute to his friend...

Sigma 45mm f/2.8 DG DN lens for L-Mount: First impressions

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Sigma's relatively inexpensive 45mm f/2.8 Contemporary lens is a fine addition to any Leica SL or Panasonic S1/R camera. It comes closer to Leica quality than the modest price tag would suggest.

Leica in 2024 and 2025: What’s next from Wetzlar

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What to expect from Leica in 2024 and 2025? Our crystal ball article in November 2022 proved to be one of the most successful...

Panasonic 24-70 S Pro: How it stacks up against Leica’s Vario-Elmarit-SL and the Lumix...

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How does Panasonic's new 24-70mm Lumix S Pro zoom compare with the Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm? On paper, the new Lumix offers a good deal.

Leica SL price plummets

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Leica's trade-in scheme knocks £1,300 off the price of the SL body. It's a discount in all but name......

Review: Leica X Vario, a misunderstood gem

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Leica's X Vario has been misunderstood. Overhyped and launched in a confusion of conflicting rumours, it got off to a rocky...

Leica M11 Rumours: Q2-style battery and bottom plate, 50MP resolution, new backwards-compatible Visoflex

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If the latest rumours are to believed, the new Leica M11 will arrive this November. In a radical move, it will drop the traditional film-style removable bottom in favour of a Q2 bottom plate with pop-out battery and SD card hatch...

Fuji X-Pro 3: The Review that is not a review

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David Bailey takes a look at Fujifilm's new, rather oddball, X-Pro 3. Is it taking a leaf out of Leica's M-D book?

Sigma L-Mount lenses bring a new dimension for owners of Leica’s SL cameras

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The advent of the L-Mount Alliance has been particularly exciting for Leica users and the resulting expansion in the range of lenses adds a whole new dimension to owning, say, the SL2. Mike paid a visit to Sigma Imaging UK to check out the latest developments

Farewell to the Summarits: Good and faithful servants but sadly misunderstood

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After 13 years the modern range of Summarit lenses has come to the end. Since 2007 the Summarits have offered great performance at an attractive price. They were vastly underestimated and under-appreciated. It's a sad day to see them go.

New from Leica: Cameras coming in 2023 and 2024

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As we come to the end of the year. Mike takes a look at what new cameras we can expect from Leica in the next two years...