Simplicity – More Thoughts on the Leica MD 262 dknoble June 21, 2016 Cameras, Digital Cameras, Reviews Simplicity is the word Leica Camera AG uses to describe their bold move in the Leica M market. The Leica MD Type 262 has no LCD screen providing feedback immediately after a photograph is taken. This lack of ...
What Do You Mean No LCD? The Leica MD 262 dknoble June 2, 2016 Cameras, Digital Cameras, Essays, Reviews, Technical Essays The old school photographers don't even bat and eyelash. Younger photographers tilt their head and say, 'What?' Leica Camera AG ignored normalcy and did what they do best - create a camera for photography, no...
Using the Leica MD Type 262 with Long Lenses dknoble May 31, 2016 Cameras, Digital Cameras, Equipment, Lenses, Other Equipment, Reviews, Telephoto 1 The Leica MD Type 262 was a bold move by Leica Camera AG to remove the LCD when adding it to the current lineup. This came after the release of the Leica 60 special edition tested the waters. One of the addit...
Working With Film is not Hard – Part II dknoble May 28, 2016 Equipment, Essays, Other Equipment, Technical Essays NOTE: This is Part I of an article I wrote during August 2015 for The Leica Meet Blog. Film is still such an important part of my photography that I reposted it here in both parts. This is part two of a tw...
The Music of the Night – the Noctilux dknoble May 26, 2016 Lenses, Medium Length, Reviews NOTE: This is an article I wrote July 13, 2014 on my previous blog, http://blog.outdoorimagesfineart.com. I still love the title, the quote and the lens, so I repost here! This describes the Noctilux f/1....
Leica M8.2 – A Poor Man’s Monochrom dknoble May 24, 2016 Cameras, Digital Cameras, Essays, Reviews, Technical Essays The Leica M8 was the first Leica M digital camera released in 2006. As has happened with every new digital M released, two years later a Leica M8.2 was released with certain upgrades. The Leica M8.2 was short...