Monthly Archives: August 2009

Leica store in store to be opened in West Palm Beach (updated)

By LR admin | Published: August 24, 2009

Update: The upcoming Leica store in West Palm Beach is not own by Leica but by the Palm Beach Photographic Centre. Similar shops already exist in NYC (Photo Village) and in Monterey (Camera West). Here is the official press release for more details. Leica already did open a store in Moscow and another one is scheduled to be opened in [...]

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Will a full frame sensor fit in a M8 body?

By LR admin | Published: August 22, 2009

An interesting experiment at the l-camera-forum (registration required): a forum member created a dummy full frame sensor and inserted it in a M8 body. The result: “clear vignetting left and right and in the corners” and “doesn’t appear possible to fit an FF sensor in the current body with the current battery”. Hit the link [...]

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Leica photographers: Henri Cartier-Bresson

By LR admin | Published: August 22, 2009

Today, 101 years ago, Henri Cartier-Bresson was born. He was consider to be the father of modern photojournalism and of course a Leica user (he used a normal 50mm lens). Magnum Henri Cartier-Bresson slideshow available here. Henri Cartier-Bresson videos: Via Imaginginsider Amazon.com Widgets

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Leica M9 will not be the only announcement on September 9th

By LR admin | Published: August 21, 2009

? A very reliable source from France confirmed that there will be a Leica M9 on September 9th (18MP, full frame, not a Canon sensor). I can say that now I am 99% sure about that announcement. The best part is that there will be also another camera announced on that day that “would be [...]

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Leica M9 again

By LR admin | Published: August 19, 2009

M9 I received another Leica M9 tip this time from Belgium: it seems that certain stores there were able to pre-order their shipments of Leica M9. The official date mentioned was again September 9th (09.09.09), the sensor will be 18.something MP and the price will be EUR 5,499 street price (around USD 7,800). This information [...]

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