Monthly Archives: March 2010

B&H taking Leica M9 pre-orders again

By LR admin | Published: March 31, 2010

Every time B&H lists the M9 as “available for pre-order” is an indication that they are expecting a shipment. Few readers have emailed me in the past that they got their M9 this way with minimum waiting:

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Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux Asph lens (silver) now in stock

By LR admin | Published: March 30, 2010

Here is the link – this will not last long. The good news is that this lens started to show up lately in several stores – hopefully the long wait time is over.

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Under 5% of Leica sales are film cameras (M7 & MP)

By LR admin | Published: March 28, 2010

Update: in the UK Leica film cameras make 6% of total sales (source). This percentage was given by Leica’s US CEO Roger Horn in an interview with NorthJersey.com: “Q: What percent of your sales are film cameras? A: The film cameras are running under 5 percent.” The second piece of interesting information from this interview: [...]

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DIY: Leica II digicam

By LR admin | Published: March 27, 2010

Full instructions with pictures on how to fit a Sony DSC-WX1 digital camera in a Russian Leica copycat are available here (in English). At least they did not destroy a real Leica

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Leica M8 firmware update in early May

By LR admin | Published: March 25, 2010
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I received a tip that the next Leica M8 firmware update will be released in early May, 2010. My understanding is that this will be the last firmware update for the M8 model – as far as I remember Stefan Daniel mention that in one of the Leica videos when the M9 was introduced last year.

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