LFIMagazine04/2005

LFI Magazine 04/2005

• Portfolio: Around the World with Leica. Modern objectivity, new perspectives and lively travel reportages define the work of photographer Fritz Block (1889–1955).
  
  Portfolio: Red Rush. Peter Funch’s photographic encounter with Chinatown, New York City – radiant and colourful, subjective and irritating.
  
  Portfolio: Central American Diary. The Berlin photographer Edzard Piltz drove through Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras.
  
  Digital Module R: Starting now, the digital-or-analogue question is obsolete. The Leica R can do both now that the digital back unit for the R8/R9 is finally ready.
  
  Apo-Summicron-M 75 mm f/2 Asph: The new high-speed portrait telephoto lens unites compact design and consistent top performance.
  
  Film Scanners from 500 to 1000 Euros: We tested four devices and discovered that the middle-class category is home to mediocrity as well as state of the art.
  
  R Lenses: Leica Knowledge. Purchasing tips: the best lenses throughout 40 years. Part three: telephoto and Vario lenses.
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