Month: October 2025

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Ricoh GR – Black & White

Street photography is often still shot in black and white. For black and white enthusiasts the thought of a dedicated black and white sensor is genuinely exciting. For most of photographers this has to now been unaffordable. There’s been a medium format digital back from PhaseOne available and Leica have a range of cameras.

Mall coffee shop with people round a table.
Leica M8 sample – Coffee shop talk

Ricoh have now announced development of a dedicated black and white Ricoh GR compact. This will please a lot of street shooters, and I may just have to have a look at the Ricoh GR again.

Ricoh GR V – Large sensor goodness in a Compact
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Hell has frozen over: A Leica M with out the ‘M’ the EV1

Leica M. The last of the rangefinders. Able to compose and see things coming into the frame, capturing that decisive moment. M stands for Messsucher, which is German for rangefinder. This has always been what has defined the Leica M cameras until today.

There are advantages to modern EVF’s, focusing modern fast glass is hard to focus, parallax issues are gone, you can see your exposure in the viewfinder, preview focus and depth of field, plus your not limited to the supported frame lines so can use wider and longer lens.

Is it an M, well it’s not a rangefinder, but is rangefinder styled and for users of M glass maybe a good option.

Lincoln high street. Old ladies with shopping bags on a wet street.
Leica M8 50mm Summilux

Check out out the reviews:

https://www.slack.co.uk/articles/elsie-the-leica-m-ev1.html

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UK On line Safety Act – Age verification data hacked

So the UK on line safety act has only been active a few months. Meant to close the door on unsuitable material but already one of the companies doing the age verification has been hacked.

As was warned now adults have had there details stollen and are now at risk of identify theft.

We are seeing vital health knowledge now blocked to minors who need it.

Its not looking good, but its looks like UK government are looking to expand and increase censorship online for the UK.