Leica released the next generation to their compact, full frame Q lineup with the new Q3. Now sporting a BSI 60Mp sensor and other improvements while retaining the superb, non-interchangeable Summilux 28 f/1.7 ASPH lens. Review: Leica Q3 The new Leica Q3 has a retail price of SGD 8,960 inclusive of GST. The Leica Q3 [...]

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And from The Netherlands, we have our correspondent Peter Nievaart’s wishlist for this Christmas. Next up, Peter Nievaart sends in his list is not all watches, but as a photography enthusiasts himself, see his articles on photography on this site, it includes a lens. Peter Nievaart makes his wishlist for Christmas My dream watch of [...]

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We take a closer look and get a week with the rather rare Leica S3, a rather rare sighting in the world of high end digital medium format cameras. Leica Singapore called and asked if I was keen to take the Leica S3 for a test drive. But due to other commitments, they can only [...]

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Leica announces ‘007 Edition’ camera and exclusive photography exhibi-tion to celebrate the forthcoming Bond movie No Time To Die.

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Chillout TGIFridays return with a hands-on review of the new Leica SL2-S, which we briefly discussed in our launch report. Here is our thoughts after a week as our daily camera. My first encounter with the Leica SL2-S was brief, but rather interesting as this is a new full frame camera from Leica, building on [...]

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Leica released a new version of their very impressive SL2 Digital Single Lens Mirrorless (DSLM) full frame camera with the new SL2-S. The sensor is now 24Mp instead of 47Mp, but still full frame. And complete with BSI and IBIS. The new camera also boasts of new video capabilities while not skimping at all on [...]

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Last week, we began our discussion of the Leica M-10R, the latest in the series of very famous and illustrious Leica cameras. Today, we share with you additional thoughts and some of the photographs I took with the camera and two lenses.  Many thanks to Leica Singapore for the loan of the Leica M-10R and [...]

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We got our hands on the latest in the long line of M cameras from Leica. The Leica M is legendary. First introduced in 1954 as the M3, the family has an illustrious history. This is the latest member of the family – the M10-R. The Leica M10-R with the Summilux-M 35 and Summilux -M [...]

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Photographing the intricacies and beauty of watches in captures the art of watch making behind every luxury watch. Join our Chief Editor as he shares his photography journey in watches with Leica, and other stories. Zoom invite inside. Leica Conversations: Shoot your watches and other stories by Peter Chong. We have used Leica cameras and [...]

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We spent some time with the Leica SL2 and four lenses, as discussed in our Chillout-TGIFriday last week. Today, we share some images of the Singapore semi-lockdown and our usual watch macros. The Leica SL2 and lenses The system that was loaned to me, courtesy of Leica Singapore comprised of the Leica SL2 body, with [...]

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We bring you this update of living with the new Leica SL2 and use it as our daily camera and for watch macros for a week. Here is our real life review. Leica SL2 The Leica SL2 is the next generation camera to the Leica SL Type 601. The Type 601 nomenclature was something Leica [...]

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Followup to our exploration on the benefits of the Micro Four Thirds system as an ideal format for shooting watches, in today’s Chillout, we share the Chief Editor/Photographer’s philosophy for a dual camera system approach to shooting watches. I went through this reasoning and have adopted this philosophy since 2010, when I started my professional [...]

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We received a Leica S Type 007 with Summarit-S 70mm f/2.5 ASPH CS camera system for about 3 weeks to use as a daily beater. Many thanks to Leica Singapore for the loan, and here is our user impressions review on this high end, luxury camera. Leica S Type 007 + Summarit-S 70mm F/2.5 ASPH [...]

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We took the Leica SL out for another spin, this time with the large and heavy Summilux-SL 50mm f/1.4 ASPH lens. We loved the results, but leave you to judge for yourself with these portraits. Leica SL + Summilux-SL 50MM F/1.4 ASPH We did a rather in-depth review of the Leica SL recently, as the [...]

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Photographing your watch is perhaps as interesting and as important a hobby as collecting watches. We started a photography section under our Horological Lifestyles column where we detailed what we carried for Baselworld 2019, and how we shoot our watch macros. Here we begin our inaugural review of a high end camera. The Leica SL [...]

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Follow-up to the Whats in my bag for Baselworld 2019 article where we revealed what we used to photograph the watches during the show, here is a behind the scenes look at how we shoot the watches using that gear. As described, the main camera is the Leica SL Type 601. This is a full [...]

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Many have asked what is the gear do we use to capture the photographs used in this site. We thought, perhaps we do one better and share with you what is in my camera bag for Baselworld. Most of the gear I carry to the shows – SIHH, Baselworld is the same. But for Baselworld [...]

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June 12, 2018: Wetzlar, Germany: Leica announces their re-entry into the world of watchmaking with two new exclusive designs with purpose built movements by Lehmann. This is not the optical company’s, famous for their Leica camera and lenses, first foray into watches. They had previously teamed up with other watch manufacturers for Leica branded watches. [...]

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