Leica M8 digital rangefinder camera -- why?

The new Leica M8 digital rangefinder accepts all M-series lenses

The best reason for getting any Leica camera is the Leica lens. Leica lenses are superlative -- not just a little bit better but significantly better than other lenses for the "miniature" 24 cm × 36 cm (35mm film) format. A photograph taken with a Leica lens rivals a photograph made with a 6 cm × 6 cm | 2¼″ × 2¼″ "medium format" camera, in sharpness, resolution, contrast, etc.

Now that extraordinary level of imaging quality will be available for digital images, too.

I have a Leica M6 film camera with a 50mm Summilux ƒ/1.4 lens, a collapsible 50mm Elmar ƒ/2.8 lens, and a marvellous 35mm Summilux Aspherical (ASPH) ƒ/1.4 lens. It is wonderful. Many of the photographs in Sun in Splendor were taken with my Leica.

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A picture of happiness

Happy , originally uploaded by piecesofme2005 . For more photo goodness, Visit my flickr photostream . A beautiful, relaxed photo , nicely configured in black-and-white, by PiecesOfMe2005 . On Flickr

What does "Hosing the Doris" mean?

The expression, "to hose the Doris" is paparazzi argot for "keeping the button pressed and taking as many frames as possible — in the shortest time — of a female celebrity." [ The Online Photographer ]

Levantine film festivals

Someone has stepped away from his table at a café in the Marais neighborhood of the Fourth Ward (Quatrième Arrondissement) on the Right Bank of Paris. Photographed with Leica M6 and a Summilux 1:1.4/35 ASPH lens. For more photo goodness, Visit my flickr photostream . I spent the day researching film festivals in the Levant -- the Near East. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) sponsors annual film and a photo competitions . In Giza, Egypt — home of the Pyramids — is the annual Ismailia International Film Festival — since its Web site is in Arabic (the English pages are all marked "Under Construction"), I have written a letter to its organizers, requesting information. The big, "prestige" festival is in the UAE — the Dubai International Festival . It takes place in December. The deadline for entries is in September. I want to send a reporter to cover it, so I am looking around for an English and Arabic-speaking journalist who is familiar with filmmaking, or filmmaker who ...

Sun in Splendor

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