A hard break-up: Life without Leica

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Is there life after Leica? Erwin Hartenberg rationalises his move from Leica back to Nikon and wonder whether, at some point, he will move back to the Leicasphere...

Now the CL is pensioned off, where to go for a lighter alternative to...

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Since the first indications of the end for the Leica CL, Macfilos columns have been full of lament. How could Leica simply abandon APS-C...

EISA Awards 2019: No Leica gongs but kudos for L-mount Alliance

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Panasonic S1R is the best advanced full frame camera of 2019 and Sigma pulls off two major zoom lens accolades in EISA Awards

Shock or Not? How I came to return to Leica

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It may come as a shock after the news that I abandoned Leica in favour of Nikon six months ago. But I'm back in the Leica fold. All (or almost all) is forgiven...

Looking back on Irish photography since 1839

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On August 17, William Fagan will present a Zoom talk on the subject of Irish photography since 1839. Here is a review, written by William, intended to whet your appetite. He hopes you will join him for the talk...

Nikon Zfc: Dialled and knobbed to please the retro ranger

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A knob, a dial, my kingdom for a dial: Nikon launched the beknobbdest and bedialdest retro camera in years. And I like it. A smartphone it isn't, and all the better for it.

But Why? A brief ride through time in search of purpose

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Unduly influenced by black & white movies (from the Marx Brothers to Jimmy Cagney), and longing for a gaberdine to mimic the understated swagger of Humphrey Bogart, I was thoroughly preoccupied with being, by my own definition, cool. “Why photography?” you might have asked. “Because I can,” would have been my surly reply.

Nikon P1000: Zooming to 3,000mm in new “compact”

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Do you have room in your pocket for a “compact” digital camera with a 3000mm zoom lens? Nikon is here to tempt you….

Sony loses FF mirrorless market share

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Once top of the tree, Sony is predictably losing market share to its new Japanese rivals.

Nikon scraps the much-anticipated DL line of one-inch-sensor cameras

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Why did Nikon announce a range of new one-inch-sensor cameras, keep us waiting for over a year and then abandon the whole project?

Sony RX100 VI: AP compact camera of the year

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AP magazine has chosen the Sony RX100 Mark VI as its compact camera of the year. And with good reason, as we found out....

The camera in the sky: From London to Yosemite National Park

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Thanks to his job, Tom Lane has access to aspects of aerial photography denied to most of us. And he takes full advantage. At last we've persuaded Tom to pen an article for Macfilos and show us some of his magnificent from-the-air images

Lines: What I learned to help take better photos—Part Three

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Erwin Hartenberg looks at the ways in which lines are important in photographic composition...

Santa Monica bush fires with two of Sigma’s finest telephoto lenses

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Sigma's range of relatively light telephoto lenses are excellent performers and tremendous value for money. Nick Ut takes two of the best, the 100-400 mm Contemporary and the 60-600 mm Sports on a newsgathering trip to the Santa Monica fires

The Invisible Camera appears at the Tamarkin Auction

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Cameras and lenses at the upcoming Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction in Chicago are not all invisible, although one pretends to be. But the prices for rare Leica gear continue to astonish...