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Updated May 12, 2024
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The Leica M11 Monochrom One Year Later
May 12, 2024 Looking back on the past year with the Leica M11 Monochrom and how it morphed into a pseudo technical camera replacement for the Arca Swiss Rm3di and Phase One IQ4-150. Read more |
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A Second Look at the Leica M10-M and M11-M
December 10, 2023 After six months with the Leica M11 Monochrom and having mixed feelings about its files and handling, I decided to revisit the Leica M10 Monochrom and re-compare the two cameras. Read more |
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Mid Year Update
August 5, 2023 Catching up on the new Leica M11 Monochrom and the Leica 28mm F2.8 PC-Super-Angular R shift lens, and how the results compare to the outgoing Leica M10 Monochrom. Read more |
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Leica 28mm F2.8 PC-Super-Angulon Lens Review
July 8, 2023 A brief review of the Schneider made Leica 28mm F2.8 PC-Super-Angulon R shift lens with the Leica M11 Monochrom, Leica M11 and Leica M10 Monochrom. Read more |
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January 2023 Wrap Up
February 12, 2023 A quick wrap-up for this past January and a heads-up for some of the upcoming topics later this year. Read more |
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2023 New Years Fireworks
January 8, 2023 To celebrate ringing in the New Year, some firework pictures from Reunion Tower in Dallas, Texas with the Leica M11. Read more |
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Leica 28mm F1.4 Summilux-M ASPH Lens Review
December 22, 2022 If I were to pick a favorite-lens-of-the-year or something like that, this year's winner would be the Leica 28mm F1.4 Summilux-M ASPH. The lens is a proverbial Goldilocks, finding a happy balance of sharp and contrasty while retaining a distinctive fingerprint. Read more |
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Eighteen Months of Isaac's Farm
November 27, 2022 A case study of Isaac's Farm in New Harp Texas and how my approach to picture taking has adapted over the years due to the rapidly fleeting North Texas landscape from the early twentieth century. Read more |
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Get It While You Can
November 25, 2022 Looking back over the past 15 years and some of the many vanishing picture taking spots as the North Texas area grows and grows. Read more |
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The Arca Swiss Rm3di
November 16, 2022 Playing around with the Leica 28mm F2.8 PC Super-Angulon R stirred some interest in using the Phase One IQ3-100 Trichromatic with a technical camera, so took a leap faith and sold the Phase One XF kit for an Arca Swiss Rm3di and a couple Rodenstock lenses. Read more |
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7 Annoying Things About the Leica M11
September 4, 2022 It has been 6 months and almost 2000 clicks with the Leica M11 so far, and there are some things that could be better and / or Leica could address with a firmware update, and some others are just how it is. Read more |
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Phase One XF / IQ3-100 Trichromatic First Impressions
June 17, 2022 For those of you who have followed PebblePlace.com over the years, you have seen my repeated forays into the medium format realm. All I can say is... here we go again with another Phase One kit. Read more |
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Leica M11 First Impressions
April 21, 2022 Received my Leica M11 in early March and have spent the last 6 weeks using it at some of my usual places. Under that shiny chrome finish, Leica made some big changes. And I am still deciding how I feel about that. Read more |