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8 2 | SL2 and video
Over 25 000 photographers present more than half a million pictures in the LFI Gallery. In this issue: a headstand on a skateboard, and Lady Krishna from Seattle
The Leica SL2 doubles as a movie camera: director and cinematographer Jytte Hill has put its cine capabilities to the test 86 | Typhoon H3
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Leica and Yuneec enter into a long-term cooperation and present their first, jointly developed drone camera 9 4 | C L Pa ul s m i t h A new outfit for the Leica CL: fashion designer Paul Smith has clad the camera in a characteristic pattern of colourful stripes 96 | Leica fotos 2.0 The new 2.0 version of the Leica Fotos app offers many new functions for smartphones as well as the iPad 100 | Leica World Jean-Jacques Ruchti offers glimpses behind the scene of the Bernina Gran Tourismo classic car race, and accompanies the Leica Racing Team
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Barbara Klemm: Havanna, Cuba 1997
New books by Michael Kenna, Seth Lower, David Denil, and Stephen McLaren’s Magnum monograph, Magnum Streetwise 122 | exhibitions
Steve McCurry 6 | Made in China
There are few able to combine travel and street photography as effectively as Steve McCurry. Now he had the chance to try out the Leica SL2 in China
Gabriele Micalizzi 26 | Malamilano
After having worked in many conflict and crisis zones, the Italian now decided to explore the underground world in his home-town of Milan
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Outside Fashion, Amsterdam; Wolfgang Tillmans, Brussels; Miles Aldridge Moscow; Ansel Adams, Tucson; Taylor Wessing Prize at London’s National Portrait Gallery 1 2 4 | L e i c a G a ll e r i e s The programme of Leica Galleries around the world, including: Thomas Hoepker in Melbourne, and gallery launches in Düsseldorf and Suzhou 1 2 6 | I n t e rv i e w Dr. Klaus Ceynowa, Director General of the Bavarian State Library, the new home for Stern magazine’s picture archive
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Expressive portraits: the most famous ballet company in the world and its proud dancers – a series in black and white The Leica CL “Edition Paul Smith” is delivered with an Elmarit-TL 1:2.8/18 Asph
Marzio Emilio Villa 50 | La marée de la mémoire
130 | my picture Chad Tobin explains how he captured a portrait of Robert Frank on a quiet, summer’s day 130 | imprint
With a heavy heart, Villa headed for Brazil in search of details about his adoption. The images he captured cannot replace the missing memories
Barbara Klemm 66 | times. pictures. stories
Her pictures have transcended the moment and are seen as a part of history: a homage to Barbara Klemm on the occasion of her 80th birthday
Cover: Steve McCurry travelled to China with the new Leica SL2
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Gabriele Micalizzi Malamilano
The Italian photojournalist has travelled the world, documenting wars and conflicts from the very front lines. His most recent project has taken him back to his home-town of Milan – and reveals one of the city’s roughest sides.
Every night something new for the Milan police to deal with – Gabriele Micalizzi covers their operations with the Leica SL2
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Police work is not a piece of cake: Milan’s underworld is well organised and has a direct impact on the daily life of its citizens, from the suburbs to the city. Such a relaxed snapshot as this is rare among the photos of Micalizzi’s project, which is still going on
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Dancers enchant us with their ethereal grace – but behind each pose are years of gruelling training. Perhaps nowhere more so than at Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet, as these proud portraits convey.
Above and right page: Ana Turazashvili, Bolshoi Ballet soloist
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Above: David Motta Soares, first soloist; right page: Eleonora Sevenard, soloist
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Marzio Emilio Villa La marĂŠe de la MĂŠmoire
What materials are memories made of? How is it possible to capture them in an image? Mario Emilio Villa followed the trail of his adoption, and in the process found answers to these questions. At the same time, he was able to recapture his own story picture by picture.
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Above: Villa’s Italian mother; left page: his brother with his newborn son. The people in Villa’s portraits appear strangely lost in reverie – very close, yet somehow far away. The lighting appears to be inspired by the Flemish School
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Barbara Klemm TI M E S . P I C TUR E S . S TORI E S .
She is Germany’s chronicler of contemporary history par excellence. Leaving the context of daily news behind, her photographs have become a many-layered, visual account of history. We celebrate the Leica photographer on the occasion of her eightieth birthday.
A moment of German history condensed into one picture: the fall of the Berlin Wall photographed November 10, 1989 at the Brandenburg Gate
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… A n d ac t i o n ! Leica sl2
The Leica SL2 is not only an excellent still photo camera, but also supports video capture better than any Leica before it. During a field test, the camera’s cine capabilities even lived up to the exacting standards of a professional cinematographer.
If any camera manufacturer is known for its primary dedication to still photography, it must be Leica. Of course, most digital cameras made in Wetzlar do include a video function (with the notable exception of the M10, whose core clientele had voiced a preference for a more purist approach). With the SL2, however, Leica’s developers have created an exceptional recording tool that is almost on par with a fully fledged cine camera. Our initial introduction of the new camera was limited to a cursory overview of the SL2’s extensive video functions, which is hardly sufficient given the extraordinary level of its capabilities. So we decided to entrust the SL2 to Jytte Hill, a professional cinematographer with several feature films and documen82 |
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taries under her belt – knowing that she could conduct a more intricate evaluation than our predominantly photography-focused editorial team. T he S L2 in m ovie m o de .
With the majority of digital cameras, the video function is simply an ancillary option. The SL2, however, was
clearly designed to be in an altogether different league. To begin with, the camera offers two entirely separate operating modes for recording stills and videos. Switching back and forth between them is quick and easy thanks to two status menus; most importantly, however, this means that the parameters for each shooting
mode are set independently from each other. If, for example, the photographer adjusts the AF mode or ISO value in photo mode, the parameters in video mode remain unaltered, and vice versa. This is a highly practical solution, not least because the effect of certain settings can be quite different in either shooting mode. The status menu also shows which mode you are currently working in: white text on a black background indicates photo mode, while the items of the video menu are depicted in black-onwhite. All important parameters – from exposure mode to I SO, all the way to file format – can be accessed in the respective status menu with a simple tap. This convenient and intuitive operation also impressed the cinematog- →
The status menus are among the Leica SL2’s most practical features. A tap on the screen is all it takes to switch between photo and video mode. The menu’s background colour indicates which mode is currently active
In video mode, all settings can be controlled with a tap on the screen – making it easy to check and adjust parameters such as audio levels or ISO
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Leica photographer York Hovest has been working with drones from the H series for a number of years. He was instantly impressed by the quality and brilliance of the images delivered by the specially developed ION L1 Pro camera
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With a flight altitude of up to 500 metres, the Typhoon H3 facilitates extraordinary perspectives. The take-off point can be located up to 5000 metres above sea level
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Up wa r d ly M o b i l e leica Fotos 2.0
The new 2.0 version of Leica Fotos is enhanced with an array of new features – including remote video operation, seamless integration of Adobe Lightroom into the mobile workflow, and a dedicated iPad version of the app.
These days, no digital camera is complete without a mobile app. The smartphone has become the portal that connects the camera to the world, by enabling photographers to send and share images online as well as to remotely control their camera. Leica have also embraced this trend – initially by providing a native app for each of their digital cameras, before finally releasing the universal Leica Fotos app in 2018. In line with the typical, one-year product life cycle for mobile systems and apps, Leica are now introducing a second, upgraded version with new features such as a personal Leica Account, as well as improved download stability and speed. In addition, users who opt for a paid app subscription of Leica Fotos will be able to export raw files and 96 |
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videos, transfer data to Adobe Lightroom on Apple devices, and benefit from the app’s brand-new iPad version. two va riation s.
Leica Fotos 2.0 is available for Android, iOS and iPadOS, and is compatible with all digital Leica cameras equipped with either Bluetooth or WLAN capability. The app has two fundamental functions: for one, it displays all images stored on the memory card, and facilitates the wireless transfer of files onto a smartphone or tablet; secondly, it serves as a remote control for the camera, enabling photographers to manage all main camera parameters from their mobile device. Leica Fotos 2.0 handles these tasks with noticeably greater reliability and speed than the previous version; in
T he a pp has become s ig n if ic a n t ly fa s t e r – t ra n s f e r r in g eve n t h e e n o r m ous f il es of the SL2 onto the i Pa d i n a r e l at i ve ve ly s h o rt space of t ime.
our test, even the sizeable image files of the Leica SL2 were transferred onto an iPad in a relatively short space of time. In terms of remote camera operation, the app offers only the most essential parameters: exposure metering method, white balance, file format and resolution. The live view transmission is very fluid, and the focus point can be selected with a tap on the display, before the camera shutter is released with another simple tap gesture. The fee-based, professional version of the app significantly expands the scope of available features. For example, it allows users to remotely start and stop video recording (though the app does not, as yet, support the transfer of video files to mobile devices). →
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(1) Pictures stored on the connected camera are displayed against a black backdrop; the background of images that have been transferred to the smartphone, is white. (2) The images in the gallery can be viewed for closer inspection and moved into the phone’s image library
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At the Bernina Gran Turismo event this year Leica Camera was more than just a partner: it also introduced its own racing team headed by Dr. Andreas Kaufmann. The Swiss photographer Jean-Jacques Ruchti followed the race.
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The Swiss photographer, and trained car mechanic, JeanJacques Ruchti’s perspectives were just as audacious as the racing drivers’ manoeuvres
Photos: Jean-Jacques Ruchti
One of this year’s highlights: former Formula 1 driver Hans-Joachim ‘Strietzel’ Stuck drove the Austro Daimler ADM-R his father, Hans, drove in 1929 to win the first Bernina Race
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Ra i n b ow Pa n o r a m a “The Rainbow Panorama by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, leads visitors all the way through the whole colour spectrum. The installation was created in 2011 on the rooftop of the new building for the ARoS Museum of Modern Art in Aarhus, Denmark, which was completed in 2003.” Harry Ho Leica M10 with Summilux-M 35 f/1:1.4 Asph
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