Monthly Archives: January 2010

Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2010

Not sure why this news is everywhere today, since the official press release has been available since December 2009 but anyway, here it is: the Leica Oskar Barnack Award is now accepting entries – visit the official website for more information.

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An open letter to Leica from LL

Very interesting open letter to Leica from Luminous-Landscape. A “must read”.

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New Voigtländer 12mm F5.6 lens for M-mount

Today Cosina announced a new lens Voigtländer 12mm F5.6 lens for m-mount. The lens was already listed on their website for few days. Specs: Focal length / 12mm Lens / 8 groups of 10 sheets Minimum Aperture / F22 Angle / 121 ° Number of diaphragm blades / 9 Photos Minimum focusing distance / 0.5m [...]

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Leica X1 seems to be delayed till February after all

The initial Leica X1 February delay report turns out to be true – today B&H updated the Leica X1 availability from January 2010 to February 2010:

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Three new Leica limited editions: 60th Anniversary of People’s Republic of China

Three new limited edition Leicas will be introduced for the 60th Anniversary of People’s Republic of China (click on image to enlarge). Leica D-Lux 4: Leica MP and 50mm Lux: Leica M8.2 body only: Source

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