Monthly Archives: December 2014

Leica Camera’s official response on the M9 sensor white spots/corrosion issue

By LR admin | Published: December 10, 2014

Leica Camera has issued an official statement on the Leica M9 sensor white spots/corrosion issues I reported earlier:

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Leica M9 sensor white spots/corrosion issues reported

By LR admin | Published: December 10, 2014

For the past few weeks l-camera-forum members have been reporting strange white spots/corrosion issues on Leica M9 cameras – see this and this thread for more details. Similar problems have also been reported for the M9-P, M-E and M Monochrome models. The white spots are probably due to corrosion on the top cover glass (Schott S8612) of […]

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Colorful Leica cameras for a good cause

By LR admin | Published: December 3, 2014

Dortmund’s primary school children Small Kielstrasse and Diesterweg Primary School have left to the initiative of children’s laughter eV unleash their creativity. You have Pappvarianten the Leica M rangefinder camera according to their own ideas painted and decorated. The result: 140 small works of art that are currently issuing the Leica Camera AG Leitz Wetzlar […]

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Leica Camera acquires Rahn AG Foto & Fine Art

By LR admin | Published: December 3, 2014

Through its subsidiary Leica Camera Frankfurt GmbH, Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar, has acquired the business operations of Rahn AG Foto & Fine Art, Frankfurt am Main. The business activities of Rahn AG will be continued as before. Together, the directors of Rahn AG up to now, Qaiser R. Malik and Nicolas Uhl, the grandson of […]

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Leica M Edition 60 now shipping, unboxing pictures

By LR admin | Published: December 2, 2014

The Leica M Edition 60 camera that was announced during Photokina is now shipping in the US. Leica Store Miami already got their first shipment and posted few unboxing pictures: More unboxing pictures can be found here.

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New Leica Store in Bellevue Square Mall, Seattle (plus new stores in Jakarta and Manila)

By LR admin | Published: December 2, 2014

Back in September I already reported about a new Leica Store coming to Seattle. The locations will be in the Bellevue Square mall in Bellevue, just east of Seattle and I already got the first pictures sent in by a reader (thanks!). The new locations is right across from the Apple Store and around the corner […]

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