Monthly Archives: August 2009

Leica finances (fiscal year 2008-2009)

By LR admin | Published: August 7, 2009

In fiscal year 2008/2009 (ended March 31), Leica registered sales of EUR 134.2 million. This is a 14.1 % decrease as compared to the sales of EUR 156.2 million posted in the previous year. Rudolf Spiller, Chairman of the Board of Management of Leica Camera AG: “The reasons for the decline in sales and earnings […]

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Leica AG: What Leica M9?

By LR admin | Published: August 5, 2009

‘We are not making any comment on any of the rumours,’ said Leica Camera Limited marketing manager Jenny Hodge.” Via Amateurphotographer – the article also remind us that the previous CEO Steven K Lee dropped the bomb about a full frame Leica M last year.

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Andre© Colette Leica C-Lux 3 Limited Edition

By LR admin | Published: August 4, 2009

This Leica limited edition will be really limited: only 30 cameras will be available. Andre© is a famous French graffiti artist. Price for the Leica C-Lux 3 Andre© x Colette will be £424.60 500.00 VAT included/USD$ 715.15. Source

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Chasseur d’Image magazine: Leica M9 in September

By LR admin | Published: August 2, 2009

Besides the Nikon VP650 camera with a built-in projector, the French Chasseur d’Image magazine writes in its latest issue (#316, July 21 September 21 2009) that Leica M9 will be released in September and it will be full frame. They also wrote about the Olympus EP-2.

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Leica M9 makes a guest appearance on Capture One Pro v4.8.2

By LR admin | Published: August 1, 2009

First I would like to remind you that Leica and PhaseOne are no longer partners (Capture One software is still distributed with Leica cameras). This makes the following rumor even more interesting: in the latest version Capture One Pro 4.8.2 there is a file called Leica M9-Generic.icm (for Windows under Program Files(x86)\Phase One\Capture One 4\Color […]

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