When I was watching the “Street Photography: Documenting the Human Condition” videos, I was wondering how Chris Weeks was walking down the streets of LA with a Leica M9 in his hands (before 09.09.09) and nobody noticed it… well now we know how: skip to 0:56 if you don’t care about the Canon stuff:
I received a tip that Leica may be introducing an updated version of the current Summilux 35mm lens model.
Steven Huff just posted a 13 pages review of Leica M9. Worth reading.
There is also a new Leica S2 review and another Leica X1 preview (not a full review). Please note that all Leica X1 reviews at that point are done with pre-production models and the results/opinions may differ from the final version that is [...]
As you probably already know, Panasonic updated the firmware version on its LX3 model to 2.0 (more info and a list of fixes available here).
Leica is also currently looking into a firmware update for the Leica D-Lux 4 camera. In order to maintain Leica’s high image quality, it is necessary to incorporate Leica’s special algorithms [...]
Update on the previous D-Lux 4 post: Leica informed me that the D-Lux 4 model is not discontinued and the reported back-order situation is caused by high demand. New shipment is expected any moment (right now Amazon has the DL4 in stock through a third party).
Leica M9 reviews:
Lhsa (pdf)
Overgaard
Nikonweb
Getdpi
Chanandrew
Johnbuckley100
Pricemo
Leica X1 review:
Chanandrew
Other Leica related links:
Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH review (if you are a new to Leica, this is their $10k super-lens)
The KGB chooses Leica Cameras
Capture One 4.8.3 now supports Leica M9
I also tried to compile a list of issues reported so far by Leica M9 owners. Please note that some of those [...]
Leica 1A 3,5/50mm on sale for US $96,199.00:
Leica 3,5/3,5cm Stereo Elmar on sale for US $118,399.00: