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Who Needs a Weather-Sealed M8, Anyway?
West 44th Street M8 bashers love to bitch that the camera fails the professional test because it’s not sealed against the weather. I’ve read stories on forums about M8s that died in a mere whiff of humidity. I’ve also read stor...
Lens Comparison: 35mm’s from Zeiss, Voigtlander & Nikon
The Zeiss Biogon 35mm f/2 ZM is my favorite for the M8. I decided to see how it stacks up against the Voigtlander Nokton f/1.4, the Nikon AFD 35mm f/2 and and old Nikon manual focus 25-50mm f/4 zoom. I was really surprised at the results. Go he...
Robert Cameron, Aerial Photographer, dies at 98
Robert Cameron was 58 when he bailed out of a business career to go full-time as a photographer of cities from the air. He made quite a niche for himself.  The New York Times has his obituary and notes that he was still shooting in the air as rec...
Anticipation
Thanksgiving 2008, Grand Central Terminal, New York One of those times when it really is like Grand Central in there. Doing your shopping through sponsor links on this site such as B&H, Adorama, Calumet and Amazon will help feed and shelter me.Â...
M9 Availability Update…
B&H, a sponsor of this site, is now taking pre-orders for the elusive M9....
Finally…
A few days ago I made a plea for some decent pictures taken with the Leica S2. Finally we have some online. The pictures come from Dave Farkas, a Leica dealer who tried out the S2 (and M9) at Leica in Germany during the summer. The shots range ...

