Gear Patrol | Spirit of Adventure, Passion for Gear

Bokeh-fest

Camera gear is a slippery slope. Between bodies, lenses, cases, flashes, and mounts you’re lucky to get an ideal outfit without losing your shirt. However, once you’ve been bitten with the bug for fast glass (lenses) the rabbit hole truly widens. One lens we’ve been itching to get our hands on with is the impossibly [...]

There's No Game Leica Golf

Their cameras have been known to improve the shots of photographers, so the question is, can this update to their high-performance range finder do the same for your golf game? Upgrades to the new model include an improved LED read-out, which can provide accurate measurements for up to 825 yards (that’d be one hell of [...]

Because the M9 Doesn't Fit In Your Pocket

Based off the cheaper and better equipped Panasonic ZS7 ($345), the V-Lux 20 should fulfill its duty as a Leica compact point & shoot. That is, once the lights and music have faded, and the sobering realization that carrying a $7,000 M9 is neither practical or cavalier. The matte-black superzoom features a 12.1 megapixel 25-300mm [...]

Portable digital cameras are nice. They’re compact and handy. SLR cameras are nice because they take photos that look ridiculously nice. Sometimes you can’t have the best of both worlds, but it’s not impossible to get close. The D-Lux 3 from Leica has a 10 megapixel 16:9 4x optical zoom lens (28mm-112mm) with built in [...]