Opinion

In the third article of his beginner's series on street photography, Keith tackles the thorny topic of taking photos of people without asking their permission. Is it best to ask the person to take their photograph, and pose for the camera, or to snatch a candid shot discreetly while no-one is looking?

The success of the L-Mount means it is increasingly difficult to remember just what lenses are available. The handy reference table sorts models by focal length to make things easy...

Will there ever by another Leica CL or even, a new Leica compact? Despite all the wishful thinking, I actually believe Leica’s bosses when they tell us they have no plans to resurrect APS-C. But a new compact is on the cards. Mike offers some suggestions...

Keith shares his strategy for tackling an aversion to photographing complete strangers. It's a seven-step plan for overcoming street photography 'range anxiety'.

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Professional photographer Jeremy Walker has spent a year shooting landscapes with his latest Leica rangefinder. Here is his full review…

I have a new good companion which I met for the first time a month ago. It all started with the Klack keyboard noise...

Operation Lock. That’s what Panasonic calls it. All modern Panasonic Lumix cameras, as far as I know, offer this quick and convenient method of locking down the controls so you can be sure none of your settings will be upset by itchy fingers or wandering thumbs. Similar features are common in many modern cameras. But Leica has steadfastly refused to add an easily operated operation lock function to prevent the four-way pad or the joystick (where fitted) from moving the focus point around unbidden.

The Leica SL3 is here. Jonathan Slack provides the definitive, hand-on review of the latest version of Leica's top-of-the-range mirrorless camera.

Peak Design’s anchor system for camera straps and the company’s range of webbing wrist and neck products have been covered in Macfilos already. The...

The Light Lens Lab 35/1.4 Double Stroke Aspheric Replica takes me back three decades to the time when I decided to buy the original Leica Summilux-M 1.4/35mm Aspherical (11873) which was introduced in 1989. It is a lens I have been eagerly awaiting ever since I set hands on the LLL f/1.2 Noctilux clone…

It's really difficult to criticise this lens; it handles beautifully, looks great and produces wonderful images at all apertures, focal lengths and distances. Flare, chromatic aberrations and vignetting are all really well controlled. Not only that, but for a Leica lens, it's a real bargain... 

Bowman Leather is a name you are going to hear more of in the future. This company’s accessories are outstanding in quality and available...

The improvements in the new Leica 28 Summicron-M f/2 are significant, and very much in concert with the recent re-issues of the 35 and 50 Summicron lenses. This lens completes the remake of the 'holy trinity' of high-quality practical lenses for the Leica M...

What's the point in posting an article if no-one sees it? Here's how the Macfilos team try to minimise the chance of that happening. They explain what goes into the business of search engine optimisation.