I’ve had the X100V for a little while or so - even took it away as my only camera for a week in sunny Spain. Sun going down - X100v My initial impressions It’s OK. It’s annoying in some ways and in others it’s very good but it’s no Leica M10-P - and therein lies … Continue reading A few words on the Fujifilm X100V
As much as I like 28mm and in particular 35mm if I had to choose a single focal length, 50mm would be what I’d choose. The 50mm focal length is always the real deal.
Digging around the internet for ideas on limiting the gear you have and own, I came across this definition that appears to suit my current thinking to a tee. Paralysis analysis is defined as where overthinking a situation can cause forward motion or decision-making to become paralysed, meaning that no solution or course of action … Continue reading Paralysis analysis
A recent few days holiday in beautiful Croatia and just a few images from this beautiful area. All shot on Leica M10-P & either TT Artisans 28mm f5.6, Summicron 35mm f2 & Summicron 50mm f2.
My vanity…knows no boundaries.
For all the other gear I have that's probably more suited to woodland and landscape photography I love to get out into the woods with my Leica M10-P and a couple of lenses. It feels a much more cathartic experience shooting with a Leica M over the Nikon Z6 I have. It's a slower process, … Continue reading Loving life with a 90mm
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Minolta Rokkor-C 90mm F4 3 shot panoramic stitched in Lightroom.
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Minolta Rokkor-C 90mm F4
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2 ASPH
Sometimes it all gets a bit too much and at the moment my seemingly endless quest to find the right camera gear has been giving me a rather painful bout of sensory overload. I’ll be honest, it’s even starting to piss me off. I have two very different systems I use for the majority of … Continue reading Craving Simplicity
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2 ASPH
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2 ASPH As if any woodland or nature photographer didn't know, the bluebell season is in full swing... Got to make the most of them while you can!
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2 ASPH
A little while ago I wrote a blog post about the compromises I make shooting with the Leica M10-P. At the time I have to say I was struggling to justify quite a bit about it for my needs. The quality of the images I could make with it were never in doubt, but it … Continue reading All in on Leica?
A couple of weeks back, we had a little bit of mist in my part of the world along with some pretty cold conditions. I wandered a small woodland area for a couple of hours or so along with a common I'd been eyeing up, which proved to be rather beautiful with the sun and … Continue reading Gentle Colour
It’s exactly a year since I pushed the button and was lucky enough to buy myself a Leica Summicron 35mm f2 ASPH. When I bought my Leica M10-P a couple of years ago or so, I promised myself I would one day own a Leica Summicron 35mm ASPH. It’s one of those lenses that through … Continue reading Happy Anniversary ‘Cron
Hanging the Leica M10-P over the shoulder along with the small but excellent Leica Summicron C 40mm f2 makes for a very compact, easy to use set up. What better way to spend a sunny Sunday morning than wandering along the local canal towpaths looking for compositions with a flat white coffee as mid walk … Continue reading Sunday Strolling
I've been shooting and editing to black and white almost exclusively since before Christmas and since the beginning of the New Year I've been shooting with a monochrome view through the live view of my camera. I convert those images to a black and white preset when importing the files in to Lightroom, in order … Continue reading Starting to Feel The Black and White Pull
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2 ASPH
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: TT Artisans 28mm f5.6
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2 ASPH
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2 ASPH
A quick Boxing Day wander to blow the cobwebs away! Conditions in the UK over the past couple of days have been wonderful (as far as us woodland photographers go), with plenty of low cloud and mist around. It's lovely to get out in such conditions and stay away from the madding crowds as well!
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2 ASPH
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm ASPH
After a little over two years of owning my Leica M10-P, the thought process is do I need (well I want) to move it on. It's a beautiful camera, I enjoy using it and the images it produces are wonderful, but for the 90% of what I shoot (or want to shoot), it's a compromise. … Continue reading Compromise – At what cost?
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
The best season in the year for woodland enthusiasts like me! Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
Autumn is almost upon us and most woodland/landscape photographers are waiting for those golden tones that only autumn can offer. That and mist/fog! Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2
Celebrating two years of Leica M10-P ownership today. It’s been a pleasure to use, not always practical and for sure doesn’t suit all sorts of photography - but the results never fail to impress and it’s always such fun to shoot with.
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Voigtlander 35mm f2.5 Color Skopar
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2
Happy New Year to you. 2020 has been, well frankly shit for so many people all over the world...let’s hope 2021 improves dramatically for many people. On a personal front 2021 proved an interesting year, finally I found a photography niche I enjoy and one I want to build on for the future now. But, … Continue reading The Challenge
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2
Leica M10-P & Voigtlander 35mm f2.5 Color Skopar
Happy anniversary to me and my Leica M10-P. It’s been a whole 12 months since I bought the M10-P from London Camera Exchange in Leamington Spa and was the culmination of many months looking and reading about Leica digital cameras. As I come to the 1st year anniversary of my Leica camera ownership, I feel … Continue reading A year with the Leica M10-P
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron-C 40mm f2
A few photos from the past weekend, shooting with just the Leica M10-P & Summicron 40mm f2. It's a great camera for casual landscape and outdoor photography, the ease of use making it the perfect companion. I love the little Leica Summicron 40mm f2 as well, it's a small, compact lens that punches well above … Continue reading Leica for Landscape
Getting out and about a bit more now that lockdown restrictions are lifted means making the effort to find somewhere to wander and appreciate the time available to do such. Wandering around the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham we happened upon not just one crematorium, but two. Both beautiful places with a lot of history between … Continue reading Cemetry Stroll
Leica Summicron 40mm f2 - perfect when you love 50mm and adore 35mm and can’t decide if you are a 50 or 35mm man!
Monte-Carlo Historique in Banbury - a fun thing to do on a Thursday morning!
Analog Dave 