Lightroom 3.2 is now available with improved color and noise profiles for the Leica S2.
I am not sure why, but several websites are covering again the article from the Japanese magazine Asahi Camera (June 20th issue) which states that Leica has stopped producing film cameras. As I mentioned two months ago, this statement probably got lost in translation. Here is again the official answer I got from Christian Erhardt (Vice President of Marketing Photographic Division, Leica Camera USA) two months ago:
“Your questions comes timely, in fact just earlier this week I was in our factory where I saw the production of Leica’s M product lines. While we do not have a constant production of certain lenses and cameras, we have the ability to produce batches of those products. For example: Certain exotic lenses & cameras are produced in batches to be able to produce an economically feasible number of products.
In this case the M analog production line is just next to Leica’s M9 production line to which we have shifted our focus to better manage the backlog and reduce the wait for our customers.
As you might be well aware from the past, we have always stated that as long as it makes sense for Leica Camera AG to produce M analog cameras we will do so. At this time we are reaching our targeted numbers for M analog cameras and do well with the offering of Leica M a la Carte cameras. Just recently Leica Camera AG offered a special Leica M7 Hermes Camera. This camera was quickly sold out and is a sought after collectors camera.
At this time I have no indication that the Leica M analog cameras will be taken out of Leica’s product offering.”
First, there was that comment from Steve Jobs that the iPhone 4 looked like “a beautiful old Leica camera”. It did not take long to see the first iPhone-Leica modification and now flickr member joey_joey_joey has an even better implementation, this time the iPhone 4 turns into a Leica M9 (probably also by using a Griffin Reveal case update: actually, those are stickers):
a nice touch is the Leica M9 wallpaper on the iPhone screen:
l-camera-forum (registration required) will be organizing a meeting with Leica’s product managers during Photokina and you can submit your questions here.The results and hopefully the transcript of the meeting will be later published on the forum.
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The First Leixpo 2011 – The Leica Event You Don’t Want to Miss
Press Release:
The First Leixpo 2011 – The Leica Event You Don’t Want to Miss.
West Palm Beach, FL (August 29th, 2010) – The first Leixpo event will take place on February 12th, 2011 from 9:00 am till 7:00 pm. at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre located in downtown West Palm Beach. The facility has over 26,000 sq. ft. of classrooms, museum, studio, store and more and will be able to handle a large number of exhibitors and visitors.
Leixpo is an annual event that will feature numerous product manufacturers that cater to the Leica community. The event will bring Leica enthusiasts together and introduce them to the magical world of Leica photography, exchange ideas with peers and be part of a community of Leica users. Details about the participating exhibitors will be available at a later date. Tickets can be purchased at the door before the event for the price of $10. In addition to the main yearly Leixpo event, the Palm Beach Photographic Centre has a series of Leica related meetups during the year on various topics.
About Leixpo and the Palm Beach Photographic Centre:
For more information about Leixpo visit http://leixpo.com.
The Palm Beach Photographic Centre (http://www.workshop.org) is a non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to the enrichment of life through exhibitions, community programs, workshops and other educational activities that promote the arts of photography and digital imaging.
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