Category Archives: Leica Compacts

Rumor: Leica M9 Titan by the end of the year

The rumor is that a new Leica M9 Titan will be released by the end of the year, most probably as a limited edition. It is possible that this would be the M9 related announcement at Photokina. The Leica M9 Titan will be sold as a kit with a lens (not sure which one) for [...]
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Photo attractiveness by camera make and class

An interesting camera ranking made by Okcupid – they let people vote on different picture profiles and came out with some interesting results: Leica point and shoot cameras came on second place after Panasonic m4/3 and ahead of Canon, Pentax, Nikon and Sony DSLR. My explanation/guess – they probably included the Leica M8/M9 models in that point and shoot category.
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Another Leica concept

This concept of a Leica point and shoot camera was created by Mark Law: “The design language echos the true form of original cameras, aiming to simplify a product that is usually overly complicated. The controls are limited to a simple sector wheel located on the top of the camera for easy access, and a [...]
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Leica C-LUX 3 Chibi Maruko-chan limited edition

Leica Japan release a new limited edition Leica C-LUX 3 Chibi Maruko-chan camera (in English): Product Name: Leica C-LUX 3 model of Chibi Maruko Chan Limited number: 50 Price: 77,000 yen Dealer: Futago Tamagawa Leica Shop “Chibi Maruko-chan (ちびまる子ちゃん) is a shōjo manga series by Momoko Sakura, later adapted into an anime TV series by Nippon Animation, which originally aired on Fuji Television [...]
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A very good guess of what’s next for the Leica D-Lux 5

Panasonic’s website leaked the long expected Panasonic LX5 (replacement of the LX3) which should give us a pretty good idea of what the next Leica D-Lux 5 will look like (probably announced at Photokina): direct link direct link Main differences between the LX5 and the older LX3 version: the LX5 has 3.8x zoom 24-90mm (the [...]
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