Monthly Archives: December 2010

Clever Leica S2 advertisement

By LR admin | Published: December 13, 2010

This Leica S2 advertisement campaign was created by Advico Y & R. There has been some similar advertising for the Leica V-Lux 1 in the past.

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“Photographer’s guide to the Leica D-Lux 5” book released

By LR admin | Published: December 13, 2010

Similar to the Leica D-Lux 4 guide, Alexander White just published his latest “Photographer’s guide to the Leica D-Lux 5” book which is now available in PDF format (paperback will start shipping in the next few weeks). The price of the PDF file is $9.95 and can be purchased directly from whiteknightpress.com. Full press release […]

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Leica photographers: Herbert Piel

By LR admin | Published: December 11, 2010

  In March of 2011 Herbert Piel will have a photo exhibition at the Leica Gallery in Solms, Germany.   Herbert Piel was born in 1957. He is a member of the German Photographic Society and the German Leica historical society. Herbert started taking photographs with his father’s Leica IIIg camera when he was ten year old. […]

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Another Leica store opens in Moscow

By LR admin | Published: December 10, 2010

Few days ago, another Leica stores opened in Moscow with a photo exhibition from Anthony Suau (his website is currently blacklisted by Google). Images via flickr. More pictures from the event available here.

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14 years ago, S1 was Leica’s first digital camera

By LR admin | Published: December 9, 2010

Gizmodo reminded us today that 20 years ago Leica introduced their first digital camera – the S1. For the record, Leica S1 was introduced 14 years ago, in 1996. The original B&H article is a nice read to give us an idea how much technology has progressed in the past 14 years. Here are some […]

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Leica 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit M Aspherical lens listed as “limited stock”

By LR admin | Published: December 9, 2010

Continuation of my post from yesterday: the Leica 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit M Aspherical lens is listed as “Limited stock” in the November 2010 price list sheet that can be downloaded here. The only other item listed as limited stock is the Leica D-Lux 4 (already replaced by D-Lux 5 two months ago).

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Leica 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit M Aspherical lens is now discontinued

By LR admin | Published: December 8, 2010

Update: the Leica 24mm f/2.8 lens is listed as “limited stock” in the latest price list sheet. The Leica 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit M Aspherical wide angle lens (#11878) is listed as discontinued at B&H: If you were planning to buy this lens, you can still get it from one of our sponsors: Adorama Amazon Popflash Leica SIS Reddotcameras

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