Monthly Archives: June 2011

Leica inspired iPhone snap cases

Three new Leica inspired iPhone cases are available for sale at Adorama. Different from previous skin stickers, the DIMs are actual snap cases that cover the back of the iPhone 4 and provide access to all ports, controls and sensors (see more product images here):

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2011 Leica Oskar Barnack award announced

Jan Grarup received the 2011 Leica Oskar Barnack award for his portfolio “Haiti Aftermath“: Solms, Germany (June 15, 2011) – First prize in this year’s highly prestigious photographic competition, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2011, goes to the Danish photographer Jan Grarup. For his award-winning portfolio, entitled ‘Haiti Aftermath’, the winner will be presented with […]

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Leica M9 firmware update 1.162 is out

The new firmware update v.1.162 for Leica M9 is out. The improvements are:

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New Leica branded DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 ASPH lens for Micro Four Thirds

Today Panasonic announced a new Leica branded DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 ASPH lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. The lens will cost $1099 and will be available on June 17, 2011. Some sample images are available here. Panasonic also disclosed plans to release a professional level GF camera.

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This paper Leica M3 is a working pinhole camera

Matthew Nicholson (flickr) made this working Leica M3 pinhole camera completely out of paper: The detailed camera template will be available for download at the end of June for free:

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The first Leica M9-P hammertone limited edition is already out

The Leica M9-P is not officially announced yet but the first limited edition is already out: the Leica M9-P Hammertone Limited Edition was created to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Leica Ginza store in Tokyo. Only 100 cameras will be produced. The kit includes an Elmarit M F2.8/28mm ASPH lens. Similar to the original […]

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New version of the Leica Compendium book coming in August

A new limited edition of the Leica Compendium book by Erwin Puts will be available in August, 2011. The new version will include new pages, additional images and rewritten paragraphs. The previous version is already sold out.

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