Sigma Art L-Mount lenses offer outstanding performance for the price
Sigma's new Art lenses for L-Mount offer fantastic value for money when compared with equivalent Leica SL lenses. But are they worth buying?
L-mount Lumix S5 meets highfalutin Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm f/2.8-4.0 ASPH
The L Mount Alliance has spawned an amazing catalogue of cameras and lenses from a variety of manufacturers. It provides for some interesting mixing and matching. Mike paired one of the cheapest full-frame S cameras from Panasonic with one of Leica's more expensive offerings, the £4,250 24-90 Vario-Elmarit...
A gift for a photographer: Ten ideas to delight someone (or yourself)
Looking of a gift for a photographer among your familiy or friends? In this article, we suggest ten presents that might delight many photographers.
Choosing a small travel camera: Sony, Leica, Panasonic
Choosing a one-inch-sensor super zoom compact? Look no further than the Sony RX100 Mk VI, the Panasonic TZ200 and it's clone, the Leica C-Lux.
How I came to be born in Camelot
I always assumed I had been born in Wigan, a south Lancashire town slap bang between Liverpool and Manchester. The town is noted for...
Hooverphilia: An unnatural obsession with vacuum cleaners
When I reviewed Dyson's battery-powered DC59 earlier this month I was only joking about being obsessed. In fact, now the Dyson seems to do...
Review: The Voigtländer 50mm f/1.2 Nokton VM for M-Mount
Dirk Säger compares the value-for-money 50mm Voigtländer f/1.2 Nokton-VM with Leica's workhorse f/2, the Summicron
Leica D-Lux 7 and the x Ray Barbee edition
Here's one for the bottom drawer: A new Leica D-Lux special edition in chequerboard finish to honour Ray Barbee and Vans. This is surely the Leica special edition you've been waiting for...
Leica Store Wigan and the M246 Monochrom Pier Edition
Sadly both the Leica Store Wigan and the M246 Monochrom Pier edition are figments of my febrile imagination. Please do not visit...
Whatever happened to the Light L16?
Whatever happened to the Light L16? Was it a concept ahead of its time or did it fail to live up to expectations?
Brand Loyalty: A love affair with the Ricoh GR and its 28mm field of...
Brand loyalty is something that Leica aficionados know all about. Many readers of Macfilos would never look at another brand, let alone buy an alien camera. But the Ricoh GR range inspires similar loyalty, as Jean Perenet tells us….
Panasonic 24-70 S Pro: How it stacks up against Leica’s Vario-Elmarit-SL and the Lumix...
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.
Interrupted relationships in the Lockdown of 2020
In the space of six weeks, our horizons have shrunk to what they were 200 years ago. We're in danger of becoming too parochial in these days of house arrest.
Huge mirrorless lenses are here to stay
Huge prime lenses for professional mirrorless cameras are here to stay. The weight and size advantage of early mirrorless designs have been squandered. Only the Leica M system keeps the compact flag flying.
Leica X1 bites the dust after 13 glorious years
One of the world's most enthusiastic fans of the 2009 Leica X1 has finally admitted defeat. A long-running and very annoying defect has rendered his trusty old X1 useless. RIP Leica X1...
