ERNST HARTMANN : LEICA MASTER TECHNICIAN
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1d ago
© jmse By José Manuel Serrano Esparza Leica Master Technician Ernst Hartmann of Leica Camera Inc. New Jersey has been one of the most distinguished experts in checking, repairing, cleaning and overhaul of Leica cameras and lenses, as well as tester, for many decades, particularly throughout the decisive years between roughly 1970 and 2000, when 35 mm format Japanese firms (Nikon, Canon, Olympus and Pentax) did consolidate their dominance of the photographic world industry, and great professionals like him were specially instrumental in the survival of the Leica M camera breed After ..read more
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHIC LIGHTING
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by LEICA Barnack Berek Blog
4d ago
By Heinz Richter In the early days of photography, the only source of light was, of course, the sun. Subsequently photography depended mostly upon long days and good weather. It was obvious that artificial light would be indispensable: not dependent on the sun anymore, pictures could be taken where natural light wasn’t sufficient, or on dull days when studio work was impossible. The first artificial light photography dates back to 1839, when L. Ibbetson used oxy-hydrogen light (also known as limelight, discovered by Goldsworthy Gurney) when photographing microscopic objects. Limelight w ..read more
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UR-LEICA: THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA EVER MADE
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by LEICA Barnack Berek Blog
6d ago
© jmse By José Manuel Serrano Esparza Throughout XX and XXI centuries, there have been a number of groundbreaking photographic cameras like the Leica 1 (Model A) from 1925, the Leica II (Model D) from 1936, the Zeiss Ikon Contax II from 1936, the Zeiss Ikon Contaflex TLR from 1935, the Ihagee Kine Exakta from 1936, the Rolleiflex Old Standard from 1938, the Peacemaker Speed Graphic from 1947, the Exakta Varex from 1950, the Leica M3 from 1954, the Nikon SP from 1957, the Hasselblad 500 C from 1957, the Nikon F from 1959, the Zeiss Ikon Contarex from 1960, the Rolleiflex 2.8 F from ..read more
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CHINESE LEICAS
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by LEICA Barnack Berek Blog
1w ago
By Heinz Richter It is common knowledge that the Leica has been copied more often than any other camera and many of these copies are relatively well known.  Some of the rather rare and little known copies are the ones made in China. Between 1958 and 1963 the Chinese state owned the ‘Shanghai Camera Company’.  They started out by producing copies of the Leica III/IIIa rangefinder camera, called the Shanghai 58.  In 1964 the Shanghai Camera Company changed its name to the Seagull company and made cameras for the mass market.   Shanghai 58 Leica III A much more r ..read more
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THE 26 Megapixel LEICA S1, THE FIRST LEICA DIGITAL CAMERA
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by LEICA Barnack Berek Blog
1w ago
By Heinz Richter Leica has often been criticized for not having paid enough attention to digital photography, that a few years ago they fell hopelessly behind their competition.  Yet in all this criticism one fact is getting lost these days, the fact that already in 1996 Leica introduced a high resolution digital camera, the Leica S1. We must remember that this was at a time when 2 to 3MP digital cameras that took pictures of questionable quality were the norm, the days when film photography was still way ahead of digital and when the Leica M6 was the best 35mm film camera  money ..read more
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DOUBLE EXPOSURES WITH LEICA SM CAMERAS ON ANY FRAME
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by LEICA Barnack Berek Blog
1w ago
By Heinz Richter The shutter in the Leica SM (screw mount) cameras has a little known feature that most owners are unaware of.  That is its ability to take double exposure with perfect registration, not only on the last exposed frame, but any frame from the first one to the last exposed one. The procedure is quite simple.  Once the last exposure is made, turn the rewind lever to “R” and rewind the film slowly.   While doing so, watch the rotating shutter release button.  It will make one full revolution for each frame on the film.   ..read more
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REVIEW: THE LEICA 75mm NOCTILUX –M ASPH f/1.25 FLE
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by LEICA Barnack Berek Blog
1w ago
By: Thorsten Overgaard The Real Deal When the first Noctilux lens was made as a 50mm f/1.2 in 1966, it was the introduction of the most unique lenses made in the history of photography. Soon after it became an f/1.0 model, and in 2008, Leica broke their own speed of light record with an f/0.95 version. By the end of 2017 Leica announced the first of what I presume to be a series of legendary Noctilux lenses outside the 50mm range: The first is the 75mm Noctiliux, which is the one I will write about today. I've been using the 50mm Noctiliux-M ASPH f/0.95 for many years, which you can ..read more
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THE EXTREMELY RARE HALF FRAME LEICAFLEX 18 X 24
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by LEICA Barnack Berek Blog
1w ago
By Heinz Richter At the beginning of the 1960s half frame cameras became quite popular.  They used one half of the standard 24 x 36mm full frame to take 18 x 24mm frames, thus doubling the number of pictures that could be taken on one roll of film.  Leitz/Leica had offered the half frame Leica 72, based on one of their previous screw mount cameras, but they were all surpassed with the introduction of the Leica M3. It also became obvious that SLR cameras became ever more popular, which prompted Leitz/Leica to introduce the Leicaflex.  A very little known fac ..read more
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OPTICAL GLASS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC LENSES
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by LEICA Barnack Berek Blog
2w ago
Inspecting lens elements at Leica Camera AG in Wetzlar Photo: M. Amling By Heinz Richter One of the most important substances needed to create photographic images is glass.  It is used in the manufacture of photographic lenses, digital sensors, camera viewfinders, SLR mirrors, filters, negative carriers in enlargers, condensers in enlargers and projectors, slide mounts, and more.  As a matter of fact, photography, as we know it today, would not be possible without glass. The manufacture of glass was already known to the Egyptians about 3000 BC and was further perfected by the ..read more
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PRODUCTION NUMBERS OF LEICA LENSES VS CANON AND NIKON
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by LEICA Barnack Berek Blog
2w ago
Leitz Park from the main building By Heinz Richter I am certain that I am not the only one that has wondered how the production numbers of Leica equipment compare to that of their competitors.  I have tried, but that information is very hard to obtain. The latest figures that I was able to get for Leica are a total production capacity of 3,000 lenses per month or 36 thousand per year.  Those arguably are impressive figures, but how do they compare to other manufacturers?  I was able to obtain some information about Canon and Nikon. Nikon recently announced that they hav ..read more
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