Thumb Prints & Signatures: The 75mm f1.4 Summilux - Leica's "Goldilocks" Focal Length

The Leica 75mm lens has always been a unique focal length for a rangefinder camera. It could be considered the “Goldilocks” focal length, not too short but not too far, just somewhere in between. This focal length teeters a fine line as many photographers embrace it just as much as shy away from it in favor of other focal lengths. The 75mm f1.4 Summilux lens paved a new path for many photographers that embrace this focal length as well as piquing the interest of many other photographers who found it interesting.

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Thumb Prints & Signatures - The Leica 50mm f1 Noctilux-M - Is this the Most Legendary Leica Lens?

More often than not, the term “legendary” is used quite loosely when talking about older lenses but rarely do you hear about a lens that is hailed as “magical”. Enter the 50mm f/1 Noctilux, a lens that offers truly legendary properties that produce magical results. Stemming from the Latin word “Noct” for the night and “Lux” as in a unit of light measurement, the 50mm f1 Noctilux is unlike any lens that came before it.

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