Ralph Gibson is a photographer best known for his mesmerizing photographs of abstract reality and the female form. In addition, Gibson founded his company, Lustrum Press, to publish landmark photo books that made his mark as a key player in the history of photography. He has been a dedicated Leica...
Paul Fusco, a distinguished Magnum Photographer, created incredibly moving images of social conflict and issues from around the globe. Particularly, Fusco is well known for his sequence of images from the RFK Funeral train which he documented from the viewpoint of the train looking out at the masses in mourning...
Leica M4 - 1181553 - Year 1967
From the words of photographer Jim Marshall's longtime assistant and head of his estate, Amelia Davis:
Jim’s first Camera was a Leica which he purchased in 1959 for $50 down and 12 monthly payments of $24, this was the start of Jim's obsession with...
I will admit, I have a bit of an infatuation with smaller cameras. I have owned almost every Fujifilm X100 series camera they have produced as well as a couple versions of the Sony RX100. In Leica, I have owned an X camera, the D-lux 109 and a few others. I...
During the Leitz Park opening a new special edition M10 was announced in a partnership we have loved before. The Zagato M10 is an illustrious and beautifully designed digital M. The combination of Zagato's Italian design and Leica's German engineering is a collaboration of beautiful magnitude.
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Over the years I have had the opportunity and pleasure to visit Leitz Park, Wetzlar, on several occasions since its grand opening celebration, the SL Launch, the M10 Launch, plus a few other noteworthy events. To date I must say that the new facilities are in a...
A unique and rare piece of Leica history is currently available at Leica Store San Francisco and Camera West Stores. This piece is the first ultra wide optic to be fitted for the Leica M system and finds itself among some of the rarest and most desirable Leica lenses of...
The Leica '50 Jahre' Titanium M7 camera with matching 50mm f1.4 Summilux M ASPH lens certainly stands out as one of Leica's most beautiful editions.
In regards to the 50 year anniversary of the Leica M, former CEO of Leica Camera AG Hanns-Peter Cohn said it best "50 Years Leica M means...
It is not every day you get to handle a beautiful black paint M2, on the other hand, it is even more of a rarity to see an M2 black paint with a patina as beautiful as this one. On this Black Paint, M2 is a matching 5cm Rigid Summicron...
Introduction
When Jim Sullivan called me up one evening and asked if I would be interested in assisting him to photograph Dominque Crenn in one of San Francisco most esteemed restaurants I was ecstatic! A few weeks earlier Jim purchased a Leica SL system, leaving his Canon 5D gear...
I’m not much an of a digital shooter, in fact, I almost exclusively shoot film. When I do shoot digital, it’s mostly for weddings/professional work. When it comes to everyday life, I don’t find my bulky DSLR to be that inspiring or fun...
A Story of SF Food & Cocktails
Shot on the Leica SL & 24-90mm
Recently I made the rookie mistake of booking the first flight into SFO. I arrived early to the airport on a Saturday morning only to find out it’s been delayed due to fog....
Sometimes it is hard to keep things simple with all of the great gear on the market today. This is a simple yet elegant setup that features both film and digital and two focal lengths that are going to cover a lot of photographic needs. Of course, this would not...
For years Yosemite was my home—three years to be exact. It was in Yosemite where my love for film began. I pretty much left digital behind for my personal work. Being limited to a couple rolls made me a more intentional photographer. Since I wasn...
Introduction
I began using the Leica TL lenses and initial "Leica T" the day it arrived at our store in Rancho Mirage three years ago. At the time I was regularly using the Fujifilm X-T1. That quickly changed as I fell in love with the Leica TL glass. I believe...
Camera West opened their doors to the photographic community in Monterey California in 2000. Sean and Diana Cranor brought Camera West to the central California coast because they saw a need for a knowledgeable and well-rounded camera store in one of the most popular photography destinations in the world. Camera West'...
Ok, I admit it, I'm a camera bag extremest. I probably have a dozen different camera bags that are in my closet that I have collected over the past several years. I have Thinktank, ONA, Billingham, Peak Design, and now Oberwerth bags. All different sizes, all different purposes, and...
Announcing the new Leica Q in Silver Anodized finish! The Q in Silver finish is a new addition to the available finishes for the Leica Q. We will begin to ship these from our Leica Store SF, and Camera West stores beginning in December. The specifications and features...
Introducing the 90mm F2.2 Thambar-M. This is a special reintroduction for Leica. The Thambar was originally introduced in the 1930s and was only made in a limited production of 3000 units.
The Thambar-M holds true to the original counterpart. It will render dreamy bokeh and soft highlights giving images an...
Workshop Description
Join Camera West, along with Tom Brichta, travel photographer, and Christopher P. Baker, National Geographic’s expert on Cuba, as we travel to Cuba January 15th-21st.
During our week's adventure, we will discover the people and land of Cuba. Our person to person tour...
We are excited to announce for the first time Made in Wetzlar will be launching an exclusive strap for the Leica M, TL, and Q cameras crafted by the master designer Harry Benz.
The MIW-M strap will resemble the SL Brogue strap in many ways. The materials used will...
Three years ago Leica gave us the Leica "T" which would later become the TL. The TL camera was Leica's initial foray into the crop sensor mirrorless interchangeable lens game. I remember the first time the T camera came out I got it in my bag with the 2...
Leica has released a new Firmware for the Leica M10 that provides a bug fix for SD card compatibility. We had several M10 users bring to our attention that the M10 had some issues with certain SD cards. Leica has now fixed this issue with the most current firmware...
Following in the tradition of Leica special edition cameras, the Leica M-P (typ 240) Titanium set is the third titanium set that is made almost completely out of titanium. A successor of the highly sought after M7 and M9 titanium sets the M-P is poised to become one of the most...
Leica Travelers,
The following is the itinerary for our Germany Leica Factory Trip. The departure date is September 9th, you must arrive by the 10th at noon for pick up at the Frankfurt airport.
The trip includes as stated, everything except airfare, alcohol, lunches, and incidentals.
Hal’s...
I received the new SL Summilux 50mm f/1.4 in late December, right before I left for a two week vacation in the Philippines. I’ve used the SL system for the past year to document travel and moments with family, and I was eager to observe how the new 5...
Fine art photographer and director Mark de Paola presents an exclusive one day workshop at Camera West in Walnut Creek on Thursday, January 26th, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Leica Store San Francisco Saturday, January 28th, 2017 from 9 am – 4 pm. Focused on “Photography Wide Open...
Leica has announced a new lens in their M lens line up. With this new lens, Leica takes a more classic approach. The new 28mm Summaron-M models itself after the old 28mm Summaron screw mount lens from the mid-1950s. Known for its extreme compactness and large depth of field...
Our Leica gallery in our San Francisco Leica Store has been able to exhibit Fred Lyon's times work of 1940-50s San Francisco.
We were honored to be mentioned on the evening news on ABC 7 with Fred Lyon.
Read more here, and be sure to check out...
The Noctilux 0.95 Edition is one of the most unique noctilux lenses ever to roll off Leica's production lines in Wetzlar. Built to resolve past the capabilities that are known in any other fast primes or even the faculties of human vision, the Noctilux is a legendary benchmark of...
