Monthly Archives: February 2010

New Leica store to open in Hong Kong

By LR admin | Published: February 18, 2010
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New Leica flagship store is coming soon in Hong Kong. It will be located in the Time Square mall in Causeway Bay. The store is already listed in the mall directory as “coming soon”.

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“The Leica Camera” report from 1946 by British intelligence

By LR admin | Published: February 18, 2010
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The full 16 pages reports can be downloaded here. Some interesting Leica facts from 1946: It took 33 hours to assemble a Leica III C. In November of 1946 Leica was producing 1100 cameras per month. Out of those 1100 units 89% were allocated to the American forces, 6% to French forces and only 5% were available for [...]

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Win a Leica S2

By LR admin | Published: February 18, 2010
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RedBullIllume photo competition offers a Leica S2 equipment valued at €30,000 as a top prize. Photographers must enter their best action and adventure sports images before midnight (Central European Time) on February 28, 2010. BTW, Adorama has the Leica S2 in stock now.

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Leica 35mm Summilux-M f/1.4 ASPH lens listed as new (updated)

By LR admin | Published: February 18, 2010

Update #2: here is the response I got from Digitalrev: Dear Leica Rumors, Just to clarify the post regarding the NEW 35mm Summilux-M ASPH: – The product image was mistakingly linked to the 35mm Summilux-R and has now been changed. – This is for the current 35mm Summilux-M ASPH, not the anticipated NEW one. – [...]

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Waiting for the new Leica 35mm Summilux lens announcement

By LR admin | Published: February 17, 2010

I believe an official Leica announcement will be made tomorrow or in the next few days before or during PMA. A new Leica 35mm Summilux lens and new compact camera(s) are expected (and maybe even more).

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