Leica Firmware v2.1.3 for M11, M11-P, M11-D, M11 Mono
Today, Leica has released a firmware update for the M11 family of digital rangefinder cameras. The v2.1.3 update doesn'...
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Leica Firmware v2.0.5 for Q3 and Q3 43
Today, Leica has released a minor firmware update for the recently released Leica Q3 43. No new features, just a few bu...
Leica Q3 43 – New Q3 with 43mm f/2 APO-Summicron ASPH lens
Today, Leica has announced a new variation of its popular third-generation Leica Q all-in-one full-frame digital camera...
Leica M11-D: Cutting Edge Digital with Analog Feel
Today, Leica has announced the Leica M11-D. Based on the latest M11-P digital rangefinder, the M11-D takes the analog a...
Recent Reviews
Leica M11 Monochrom Review: Pure B&W Performance
When the original Leica M Monochrom was introduced back in May 2012, the world didn’t know it needed a purpose-built digital black and white camera. In fact, at the time, skeptics, cynics and armchair imaging experts wasted no time questioning the relevancy o...
Leica M11 Review: The Ultimate Digital M
Leica had a real challenge this time around. In just a little over a decade, the legendary German camera maker had progressed from its first rudimentary attempt at a digital rangefinder camera in the M8 to what I dubbed the quintessential digital M with the M...
Leica APO-Summicron-SL 35mm f/2 ASPH Review: Single-Lens Setup in the Boundary Waters
It’s no secret: I like to travel light. If you’ve read any of my previous articles such as Five Countries, One Camera: Travels with the Leica Q or Two Weeks in India with the Leica CL: Getting out of my Comfort Zone, you’ll know that I’m a one-...
Field Tests and Technical Articles
Leica Firmware Master List
Leica has done an outstanding job of consistently rolling out new firmware for its lineup of digital cameras. And the u...
B&W ISO Showdown 2021: Leica Q2 Monochrom / M10 Monochrom / Q2 / M10-R
Since publishing the my B&W ISO Showdown last year, a new Leica Monochrom contender has entered the ring. And it's ...
B&W ISO Showdown 2020: Leica M10 Monochrom vs. M Monochrom (Typ 246) vs. M10-P vs. SL2
Shortly after the M Monochrom (Typ 246) was introduced back in early 2015, I published an article comparing it to an M ...
Inspiration and User Reports
What’s in Our Camera Bags – 2024 Edition
In preparation for our upcoming episode of “Show Us Your Leica Kit” on Red Dot Forum Camera Talk, we thought it would be a good time to show you what’s in our kits. So, we are back again with another installment of Leica Store Miami’s “What’s In Our Camer...
What’s in Our Camera Bags – 2021 Edition
I have a camera bag problem. It started out innocent enough - just one or two bags for different-sized camera systems - maybe a backpack for longer hauls and a shoulder bag for the day-to-day stuff. Yet I’ve now somehow reached the point where I’...
Show Reports
Breakfast with Dr. Andreas Kaufmann
Staying in the same hotel as the Chairman of the Board of Leica during Photokina has its benefits. After the Leica join...
Photokina 2019 Cancelled | Next Show in 2020
In somewhat surprising news, I received an email today that the Photokina Show to take place in May of 2019 has been can...
Photokina 2018: Details on the L-Mount Alliance
Following the announcement of the L-Mount Alliance at the Leica press event preceding the start of Photokina, there seem...
Photokina 2018: The Leica CL and Future of APS-C
Leica officially announced the CL, Silver Anodized this week at Photokina. And while functionally identical to the origi...
Photokina 2018: The Leica M-System
The Leica M10-P was announced a month ago, just ahead of Photokina. Like other 'P' models before it, the camera is a ref...
Photokina 2018: The Leica S3
Back at the end of last year, I posted my thoughts and a poll on what the next generation S camera might look like and w...