Luminous Landscape https://luminous-landscape.com/ The Photographer's Knowledge Resource Sat, 14 Nov 2026 02:43:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Leica M11: Buy Now or Wait for the M12? https://luminous-landscape.com/leica-m11-buy-now-or-wait-for-the-m12/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:18:16 +0000 https://luminous-landscape.com/?p=253967 The M12 is rumored for early 2027. Here's how to decide whether the M11 belongs in your bag today.

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]]> Hasselblad’s Lawyers Shut Down The Helpful Hackers https://luminous-landscape.com/hasselblads-lawyers-shut-down-the-helpful-hackers/ Tue, 10 Nov 2026 15:51:55 +0000 https://luminous-landscape.com/?p=253957 For a few weeks this fall, Hasselblad's medium format cameras have been improving from people outside the company. This week, Hasselblad's lawyers put a stop to that.

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]]> Leica’s New Mayfair Flagship Comes With Fourteen Engraved Rangefinders https://luminous-landscape.com/leicas-new-mayfair-flagship-comes-with-fourteen-engraved-rangefinders/ Tue, 10 Nov 2026 15:35:27 +0000 https://luminous-landscape.com/?p=253942 Leica has a new home in London, and it opened with 14 cameras not found in the catalog. The new flagship store sits at 14...

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]]> Laowa Builds A Tilt-Shift Lens That Covers Medium Format Too https://luminous-landscape.com/laowa-builds-a-tilt-shift-lens-that-covers-medium-format-too/ Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:42:03 +0000 https://luminous-landscape.com/?p=253931 Laowa just built the fastest tilt-shift lens ever made for any format, and it costs about half what Canon charges for its 24mm. The Laowa...

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]]> A $35 Leica Mystery Lens Just Sold For Twenty Grand https://luminous-landscape.com/a-35-leica-mystery-lens-just-sold-for-twenty-grand/ Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:33:14 +0000 https://luminous-landscape.com/?p=253924 Bidding opened at $35. And someone bought it for $20,001.

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]]> Leica Auction 49: A €500K Prototype And Salgado’s Gulf War R6 https://luminous-landscape.com/leica-auction-49-a-e500k-prototype-and-salgados-gulf-war-r6/ Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:04:44 +0000 https://luminous-landscape.com/?p=253918 Leica’s next auction brings two cameras with very different stories. One is a half-frame prototype Leica built and then they shelved. The other is the...

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]]> OM System Thought About Full Frame, Then…Nah. https://luminous-landscape.com/om-system-thought-about-full-frame-then-nah/ Mon, 09 Nov 2026 13:43:42 +0000 https://luminous-landscape.com/?p=253912 OM System just said (again) the smaller sensor is a choice, and the company is going to keep making that choice on purpose.

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]]> Nikon Builds A Better Log Mode Codec Into The ZR’s https://luminous-landscape.com/nikon-builds-a-better-log-mode-codec-into-the-zrs/ Mon, 09 Nov 2026 13:09:49 +0000 https://luminous-landscape.com/?p=253905 Nikon's ZR is getting RED's log curve in a much smaller file. Video folks are excited.

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]]> Stay Until the Light Changes: Stephen Wilkes on Persistence, Positive Energy and the Picture You Never Took https://luminous-landscape.com/stay-until-the-light-changes-stephen-wilkes-on-persistence-positive-energy-and-the-picture-you-never-took/ Sun, 08 Nov 2026 04:04:19 +0000 https://luminous-landscape.com/?p=253896 Lessons from the Road, Part 2 of 3

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]]> LuLa Show & Tell – October: The Gap (Part 1 of 2) https://luminous-landscape.com/lula-show-tell-october-the-gap-part-1-of-2/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:33:19 +0000 https://luminous-landscape.com/?p=253865 We asked you to show us a gap. Here's what you came back with.

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