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Miss the Look of the Leica M9? We Can Fix That

Chris Gampat
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Last updated on 03/04/2026
03/10/2026
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The Leica M9 was iconic, and we get get you that look really easily. In December 2025, The Phoblographer turned 16 years old. I, as the Editor in Chief/Founder/Publisher, am pretty proud that I’ve been able to keep the online magazine around for that long. So for the belated sweet 16 and for the month of my personal 39th birthday, I’m giving a special to our readers for the very first time: free presets.

Buy a Yearly Subscription: Get the Retro Digital Presets for Free

When you purchase a $25/year subscription, you can then get a coupon that lets you download the Retro Digital Presets for free. Plus, when you contact us, you can get a discount on Capture One, enjoy our eBooks, a discount to Herbs and Kettle Tea company, and the ability browse our whole website without ads for the low price of $25 a year.

Valid only until February 2026 11:59PM EST.

Buy our Photojournalism Presets: Get the Retro Digital Presets for Free

Over the years, we’ve worked with a lot of different cameras, lenses, and film emulsions. With that experience on our bags, we decided to make Lightroom presets and Capture One styles that look like the classic film look that you could see in magazines – based on old-school photojournalism.

We have a large database of portraits shot over the years, done in Canon, Nikon, Sony, Leica, Lumix, Olympus, OM System, and Fujifilm. No matter what camera you own, you’re going to love these presets.

Valid only until February 2026 11:59PM EST.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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