David Farkas Photography Blog

All my future updates and reviews will now be on www.reddotforum.com. Red Dot Forum will offer me a platform that is much more flexible, with categorized article pages, a discussion forum and blogs, both from me as well as other community members.
I've made an effort to move over all of my previous content from this site and used the original publication date to make referencing and searching easier....

Leica Camera is finally releasing a new firmware update for the X1. Version 2.0 will be available from tomorrow, March 29. The update will be available as a download from Leica’s homepage at: http://en.leica-camera.com/photography/compact_cameras...

A few days ago, my almost-4-year-old daughter Sophia did something for the very first time: she asked me to take her picture.
For me this was a pretty big deal. Up until now, I've had to convince her to let me take her picture. But this was different. She dressed herself up in one of her ballet outfits, blinged it up with a tiara, necklace and pink sparkly Chuck Taylor All...

1/500th @f/2.5, ISO 320, handheld
I received my first demo Leica APO-Macro-Summarit-S 120mm f/2.5 this week and couldn't wait to take a few test shots to see what this lens is really capable of on the Leica S2. Unfortunately, I've been so busy getting caught up after Photokina (still...