Here is an appeal to members who think they have nothing to share with their fellows in our small, but special, LF society.

We all know how photography can bring back memories of long-forgotten events or travels. The mere sight of an old personal picture can often recall sights, scents and stories associated with a specific travel destination or family event.

Or, some small happening in your own back yard, snapped by an older family member or friend, serves to remind you of how you or an ancestor once lived. Memories flood back as you relive those special moments in your lives.

Invariably, travels unearth an interesting nugget of information, novel to you at the time, that could also be of interest to other photographers had it been shared. Please, rack your brains and share such incidents with other members.

Many serious experienced Leica photographers enjoy producing pictures for competitions. That becomes their main aim. So please tell us a little about your discoveries and techniques. In contrast, a huge majority of photographers are less ambitious and are content with their opportunistic and random efforts with a camera. Each and every one of you is welcome to share your experiences with others.

In recent times, starting with Covid-19 and its period of confinement, it brought home to me the importance of reviewing our old, long-forgotten photographs.

So what have I to offer, this week?




During a random search of my picture library I chanced upon this photo of a young swallow, unusually perched on my television aerial. I was elated to rediscover this picture as you can find out by following this link.
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This week some more photos of Stanton Park and Stanton Fitzwarren taken during our recent 50th Anniversary Weekend taken by Ken Davis.

In addition you will find a summary President's Report from Cled.

https://www.leica-fellowship.org.uk/presidents-page























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Alan takes us back 20 years to his first use of the digital photography media and his first camera.
Alan makes some very valid points about how many of us have followed the trend of staying up to date with technology, which has improved greatly, and when we look at the results from these earlier cameras they can still produce the results.



The Camera




At Rest




Clay Next The Sea




Great Crested Grebe




Erik




Fisherman's Shed




Amazon Rain Forest?




Rigging





Smoking Joe
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Keith Mason – Stanton Fitzwarren

This week Keith shows us some photographs of the hotel and its grounds taken on a Leica D-Lux (Type 109) and of the magnificent St John The Baptist parish church in Cirencester taken on a Leica M (240) with a 35mm lens that shows the church and sky to good effect.



Stanton House Hotel




Stanton House Hotel




St Leonard's Stanton Fitzwarren




Stanton Park




Stanton Park




Stanton Park




Stanton Park




Cirencester - "Cathedral of the Cotswolds" (The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist).
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This week we use the Macfilos website to look at Leica's new announcements:

https://www.macfilos.com/2026/05/28/grey-cameras-working-title/


Follow the link below to take you to the Macfilos home page.

https://www.macfilos.com/

There is a rich treasure of articles on the Macfilos site. The recent one by Keith James on using the Leica CL and TL ranges with other lenses is worth a read:

https://www.macfilos.com/2026/05/27/leica-aps-c-photography-still-has-a-pulse-thanks-to-the-l-mount/
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