Monthly Archives: April 2010

Really Right Stuff releases Leica L-plate design

A follow up on my previous post about the upcoming Leica L-plate from ReallyRightStuff: “Here is the prototype design for our new L-plate. Small details may change, but the essential elements are all in place. As we hinted before, the passionate voices of our Leica shooters dictated a fresh approach to the design of this plate. Instead of a […]

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Annual program for the Leica Gallery in New York

Annual program for the Leica Gallery in New York (the days are in European format day/month/year): Date: Photographer: Exhibition topic: 05.03.2010 – 17.04.2010 William Albert Allard Her Picture in a Frame 23.04.2010 – 05.06.2010 Anton Kratochvil Moscow Nights 11.06.2010 – 07.08.2010 The Marcus Family Three Generations of New York’s Elite Society and Wedding Photographers The […]

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Leica V-Lux 20 update

Today the Leica V-Lux 20 was introduced only to certain dealers in some countries . The official announcement to the public will be on April 20th, 2010. I was told that the camera design is much better than the Panasonic ZS7. In the mean time new pictures taken with the V-Lux 20 were uploaded by […]

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New Leica store opens today in Solms, Germany

Picture credit: Leica Camera

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The new camera from Leica will be called V-Lux 20

I got some info on the new camera name – it will be called Leica V-Lux 20 (and not C-Lux 20 as previously reported – the EXIF data was correct). Some dealers can already place orders for the upcoming Leica V-Lux 20. The reason they decided to go with a V instead of a C […]

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Leica Summilux-M 1.4/35 ASPH lens listed as “Stopped”

This French Leica dealer has listed the Leica Summilux-M 1.4/35 ASPH lens as “Stopped” (Arrêt) on their Leica price sheet. Not sure how to interpret this, but my guess is that they can no longer order this lens from Leica. The 35 Lux has been out of stock for months @ B&H and Adorama. All rumors […]

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Leica may announce the new camera(s) on Monday

This is from a new source, so I am not sure how accurate that information is but Leica may announce their new camera(s) on Monday (April 12th). Not clear yet if it is going to be a V-Lux 20, a C-Lux 20, maybe both or something completely different.

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