I came across this rare 1970 original underwater housing for Leica M4 on eBay. After 3 bids the price is at $15,200.00 and the reserve is still not met. There is not much information available online for this housing except this PDF file (in Italian). Few years ago, there was an underwater housing for Leica M8, but […]
Adorama is now taking pre-orders for the Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.2 II lens that was announced back in February.
Steve McCurry: A Retrospective from leica camera on Vimeo. Steve McCurry is the recipient of the 2011 Leica Hall of Fame award. The prize is awarded to photographers who have rendered outstanding service to the Leica brand and to the genre of photography.
Those are the top 10 most visited LeicaRumors posts for August 2011: Free ebook about street photography The Leica wedding Leica’s new compact mirrorless system camera: priced between the X1 and M9, compatible with M-mount lenses Some interesting thoughts on the Leica M10 (29MP sensor, hybrid viewfinder, live view, video recording, MAESTRO processor?) Leica M […]
After my yesterday’s post about the rumor that Leica M10 will have live view capabilities, I got some interesting comments from readers about the possibilities of adding new technologies in the next M camera. Here is John’s comment: It’s quite possible that the next digital Leica M (M10?) will include “live view”. IMHO, the hint can be […]
Thomas Leuthard (85mm.ch) just published a second free book about street photography called Collecting Souls… What Street Photography means to me. Both books can be downloaded here as a PDF document.
Those are the latest Leica related rumors I have been receiving: I already mentioned that the next lens to be announced by Leica will be a new 50mm f/2.0 Summicron-M ASPH. A l-camera-forum member recently discovered a new lens code in the latest M9 firmware that is probably designated for the new 50mm Cron: “Since […]
