Equipment used

Focal lengths are quoted at their 35mm equivalent as well as the actual. For film Leicas and the digital Leicas M8 and now M9,
I only list the lenses I currently own and use, so this page is regularly updated:

The superb Digilux2 used a fixed Leica D Vario-Summicron f2-2.4 7-22.5mm (28-90mm) lens.
The 4/3 format Panasonic DMC-L1 (equiv. to Leica's Digilux 3) had a Leica Vario-Elmarit D
14-50 mm (28-100mm) f2.8-3.5 zoom lens, and later a prime Leica Summilux D 25mm (50mm) f1.4.
I no longer own either of these cameras.

LEICA M8, and now for the full-frame Leica M9 acquired 13/11/09 (!):

Leica Elmarit 28mm f2.8 ASPH. A really small wide angle lens.

Leica Summicron 35mm f2.0 ASPH. I used to have one of these in a rare chrome finish L39 screw thread version made specially for the Japanese market.
3 types of these chrome limited edition specials were made; the one above, a 50mm Summicron f2.0, and a 50mm Summilux f1.4.
However I found this too heavy to use regularly so I have now traded this in for a somewhat lighter black one.

Leica Elmar-M 50mm f2.8 collapsible (last version, now regrettably discontinued) - a much under-rated lens, small, light, and very sharp.

Leica APO Summicron 75mm f2.0 ASPH

I process all my digital images using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, now in Version 3, with several useful plug-ins (notably LR/Mogrify). It is very easy to set up and use presets for developing, printing and web use.

Up until recently I have been printing my images using a Canon Pro9000 printer. Although it has only one black ink tank, it does print extremely fine black & white images as well as colour. Profiles for most quality papers are available for this printer. However I have just acquired an Epson Pro 3800 printer which will enable me to produce A2 sized images. This is proving to be a first-rate printer, especially in Advanced B&W mode, using its four different tones of black ink.