For three quarters of a century Leica has been a brand and company associated with the 35mm format. Now, with the S2 system, Leica breaks

This is a preliminary hands-on review of the brand-new Maxxum 7D. It was written in mid-Octoberand was based on a week of field testing a

Why?This isn't a full review of the new Fuji S3 Pro. It isn't even a partial review. It's the result of my spending a few

Seastacks and SundogI received my M9 at Christmastime, ’09. As a landscape photographer, I was curious-verging-on-skeptical if this would be the camera for me but

At The CrossroadsMedium format is at a crossroads. The reason? Digital. Just as the digital juggernaut has swept away all but a mere handful of

By Way of IntroductionOne upon a time there was a vibrant medium format camera business. Numerous companies, some of them making weird and wonderful devices,

The cameras and other equipment discussed in these pages are ones that I personally have owned and used.  Regrettably, I'm not in a position to

By David Osborn There isn’t another camera anywhere in the world that takes larger digital pictures than the Seitz and the 160 Megapixel files produce incredible results.

In early July, 2009 I published an essay byRay MaxwelltitledWhy Moore’s Law Does Not Apply to Digital Photography. This was followed up byNot So Fast

23 September, 2008Photokina opens today with a number of exciting new product announcements. I will not be attending this year because of a timing conflict

I ran into the pictures below in autumn 2006. They are taken inside the new Hasselblad building that the company moved to in 2003. However,

The Making of a Fine Art Photograph By Pete Myers Long Road Down © 2005, Peter H. Myers In 2005, after the release of my

In an essay by our regular columnistMike Johnston, titledRash Predictions, Mike posits a few predictions about the future of digital cameras. While I regard Mike

Once every five years Canon holds a technology exposition. The latest took place in New York City during the first week of September, 2010. This

For some reason there are photographers who believe that photographs and the real world have more than a passing relationship to each other. When they

Now Shipping – 100 Pages – Hard Cover Only $29.95 – OUT OF PRINT – Have you ever thought about publishing a book of your

by Gerard Kingma After the publication ofFancy Graphics Galore - Some observations on Gamutvision and PrintFIX Proon this site in October 2006 - which you

The annual spring PMA show is the largest and most important venue for the announcement of new photographic products after Photokina, which is a biennial

Below are reader responses to the articleTelling It Like It Is. Michael: I read with great interest your essay on the state of the art

On a cold but sunny day in late January, 2005, I drove from my home in Toronto to visit withEastman Kodak's Image Sensor Solutions(ISS) division

By Pete Myers After two years of photographing with a digital monochrome camera, I have returned to photographing with film and theLeica MP. Even if

By: Pete Myers Michael Reichmann and I recently discovered a common interest in our work. We both have purchased new Hasselblad H2 camera systems within

Fig:1DALSA Head Office – Waterloo, OntarioInterest in medium format digital is growing. The price of medium format backs is dropping, and untethered backs that can

The Swirl – Mark Dubovoey Leica M9 with 50 mm Noctilux – 1 second at F/0.95 and ISO 320. INTRODUCTION First of all, I think

By Michael Reichmann This site has the nameThe Luminous Landscapebecause this form of photograph is my first love. Though the site's content encompasses almost every aspect

Spring Lichen - Algonquin Park, Ontario. May, 2008Nikon D3 with 70-200mm f/2.8 @ ISO 1250Social adoption of technological change takes place for one of two

The Filter Flare FactorDo you use a "protective filter" on your lens? I encourage you to take that filter off your lens and leave it

The Magic BulletThe big news this week – and it's great big meaty news – is that, in one bold stroke, Canon has reversed all

Best of 2002Good morning! Every year around this time, a favorite feature of many newspapers, magazines, and television shows is the "Best Of" feature. This