Monthly Archives: August 2011

Leica’s new compact mirrorless system camera: priced between the X1 and M9, compatible with M-mount lenses

By LR admin | Published: August 8, 2011

Richard Swan from Leica UK shared some details on their upcoming compact mirrorless system camera with TechRadar. The new product line will be placed somewhere between the X1 and M9 in terms of pricing. As previous reprots indicated, the camera will have at least an APS-C sized sensor. Another interesting comment was that “any future [...]

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Interesting test: Olympus EP2 vs Canon 5D Mk II vs Leica M9-P high ISO noise comparison

By LR admin | Published: August 8, 2011
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Thephoblographer published an interesting high ISO noise test between the Olympus EP2, Canon 5D Mk II and Leica M9-P cameras:

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Leica Summilux-C cinema lenses now shipping

By LR admin | Published: August 5, 2011
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Band Pro announced that the first sets of Leica Summilux-C cinema lenses have shipped from the new factory in Wetzlar, Germany. The Leica Cine lenses are exclusively distributed by Band Pro. A set of eight lenses costs $178,000. Here are three sample videos shot with the new Summilux-C cinema lenses and various cameras (Arri Alexa, Red Epic-M, Sony F35):

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Official statement by Leica Camera AG on the M9 / SD Card compatibility

By LR admin | Published: August 5, 2011

Leica Camera has recently become aware of customers experiencing compatibility issues related to select types of new memory cards when used in the Leica M9. First of all, we would like to thank you all for the lively participation on our call for assistance to solve the SD-card issue with the M9. With this information, [...]

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More on the Leica M9 SD memory card issue

By LR admin | Published: August 5, 2011

Here is a video illustrating a scenario when images from the M9 will be lost: Update: it seems that the issue described in this video is different from the original post by Gil Lavi.

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