Yearly Archives: 2011

Red Epic with Leica Lenses: “the highest resolution camera and lens combination in the smallest possible package”

By LR admin | Published: June 5, 2011

Band Pro will have a number of different products on display at the Cine Gear Expo, including a presentation and screening on the new Leica Summilux-C lenses described as “Red Epic with Leica Lenses: the highest resolution camera and lens combination in the smallest possible package“: Leica Lens Presentation “The Leica Summilux-C Presentation: Seeing is […]

Posted in Leica Cinema Lenses| Tagged Leica Cinema Lenses| 10 Comments

Leica Camera AG with record sales for 2011, intends to pay dividends

By LR admin | Published: June 1, 2011

Leica Camera AG announced record sales for the fiscal year 2011: EUR 248.9 million (compared to EUR 158.2 million for 2010) – this is an increase of more than 57%. The operating profit is EUR 42.4 million (compared to EUR 7.4 million for 2010). Net income rose to EUR 30.4 million (previous year: EUR 3.2 […]

Posted in Leica Press Releases| Tagged financial results| 13 Comments

Leica S2 color profile for ICC based workflow software released

By LR admin | Published: May 31, 2011

Today Leica announced a color profile 1.0 for the medium format S2 camera which can be used in Capture One Pro or other ICC based workflow software using profiles (Adobe Lightroom and Camera RAW do not support this profile). The profile can be downloaded from the S2 owners’ section.

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His and hers Leica 50mm Summilux wedding rings

By LR admin | Published: May 30, 2011

From Tokyocamerastyle: custom made wedding rings that make up a miniature Leica 50mm Summilux lens on a miniature M3 body. His band is the focusing ring while hers is the aperture ring 🙂

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Another Leica M9-P close-up, will come in black as well

By LR admin | Published: May 29, 2011

In addition to chrome, the upcoming Leica M9-P will be available in black as well. You can see another close up of the chrome M9-P version on this twitpic from Seal (you can see part of the “M9-P’ engraving on the hot shoe). Here are the details. No Leica logo or M9 marking Classic Leica […]

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Westilicht Photographica Auctions report

By LR admin | Published: May 28, 2011

Here is a video of the winning 1.3 million EUR bid for the 1923 Leica 0-Serie camera: The next auction is scheduled for November 2011. The complete results of the auction can be found here (PDF file). Here is the official press release from Westilicht Photographica Auctions:

Posted in Leica Auction Madness| Tagged Westlicht auction| 3 Comments