I Leica Like That

Why The Leica M Rangefinder Camera?

Why do so many photographers use – and love – the Leica Rangefinder?

Here are what I believe are the reasons, plain and simple:

1. Only the Leica M allows you to see what is about to happen in your frame.
2. The Leica M is extremely accurate and extremely rugged in nearly all conditions, thanks to the world's finest optics and precision German engineering.
3. The Leica M is unobtrusive – it is small, lightweight and stealthy, and well suited for intimate photography.
4. Nothing else in the world feels like a Leica.

Others may stress different qualities in different orders, but these are the reasons that I am so sold on Leica M cameras. Rarely do I use anything else, not only because it is my family business (although that helps!) but also because I am hard on my gear and demanding of results, and those – along with a lot of broken cameras and missed shots – has led me to swear by the Leica M.

What a great time talking with Brandon, Daniel, and Andy on That Vintage Lens. Take a listen!

Red Dot Blue Dot Photographer In Focus: Dan Tamarkin

Dan had a wonderful Interview with Red Dot Blue Dot.
Learn “Five Foto Facts” about Dan and more…

What’s Dan’s First camera? Favorite camera? Photographer who has most inspired him? Favorite travel destination? One place left on his travel bucket list?

Friend of Tamarkin Camera, Gordon V. Smith, shares his color photographs.

“In this second part of my Cuban story I focus on the stage, i.e. the environment, buildings, monuments, and other inanimate characteristics of the place.”

Friend of Tamarkin Camera, Gordon V. Smith, shares his photographs and story from a recent trip to Cuba with an instructive look into the history of Cuba and how it shaped what he saw and photographed. 

As he says in the introduction, “And no, the title is not misspelled. My Typ 116 played a major role.”

I was raised around Leica and with the LHSA. My father talked about it, my uncle talked about it, and many of their friends talked about it. People came to the house with camera bags over their shoulders, and perhaps a box or two under their arm, to buy, to sell, to trade – or sometimes just to schmooze Leica. All were welcome; all were part of the community.

Beginning in 1931, Leica began making the Leica 1 (Model A) with an interchangeable lens mount that allowed any Leica lens to be used on the camera.