Monthly Archives: December 2008

Leica D-LUX 4 for $649.00

By LR admin | Published: December 5, 2008

Leica D-LUX 4 is now selling for $649.00! Save 24% Regular Price $849 Sale Price $649 One week only $649.00 (after $150 mail-in rebate and $50 instant savings) Free Shipping

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Leica C-Lux 3 does fashion

By LR admin | Published: December 5, 2008

Redone by Zadig & Voltaire (a fashion designer), the C-Lux 3 takes very trendy forms… Here it comes in white for Madame and black for Monsieur, with a monogram decoration, taken after the fashion designer symbols, and a matching silvery leather case. As for the camera itself, it has got a 10 megapixels sensor, a […]

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Panasonic Lumix G1 4/3rd adapter for Leica M lenses

By LR admin | Published: December 4, 2008

Yes, it does exist already – now you can use your Leica M lenses on a Panasonic Lumix G1 camera. You can even match the color to the red dot: Via Photofan Thanks XL!

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Leica D-Lux 4 Titanium limited edition

By LR admin | Published: December 2, 2008

The Leica D-Lux 4 will get its own limited edition as well – in Titanium, without the red dot and with a leather case. I like it! It is expected to be available the 3rd week of December. The price is rumored to be around USD1,400.00. Via ianho

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Two special edition Leica M8.2 coming soon

By LR admin | Published: December 2, 2008

“I have heard from two separate sources that Leica is coming out with two special edition M8.2 cameras one is a Hammertone finish and the other is a green safari finish” (Source). The safari version may look like this Leica M6 Green Millennium edition. Here is a picture of a Leica R3 Safari Edition.

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Leica M8 firmware 2.002

By LR admin | Published: December 1, 2008

The latest Leica M8 firmware update 2.002 is now available (instructions available here). The update includes: New function: Detection of 6-bit coding for new M lenses The 6-bit coding and the correction profiles of the new Leica M lenses LEICA SUMMILUX-M 21mm/f1.4 ASPH., LEICA SUMMILUX-M 24mm/f1.4 ASPH. and LEICA ELMAR-M 24mm/f3.8 ASPH. have been implemented. […]

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