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Leica M9 limited edition silver chrome set with sapphire glass now available

The Leica M9 limited edition silver chrome body has sapphire glass and comes with a Leica 35mm f/2 Summicron lens. The kit is now available at the Leica Boutique in Palm Beach (phone: 561.253.2605). The full details: Silver chrome body Only 50 cameras were produced (the pictured camera has a serial #037 out of 050) Scratch-resistant sapphire […]

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Guest post: Nine reasons to travel with the Leica M9 by Adam Marelli

Today’s guest post is from  Adam Marelli (www.adammarelliphoto.com): The release of the M8 did not convince me to go digital. While it was a big step forward, and some camera dealers swore a full frame M was not an option, I decided to hold out. The M9, and its custom Kodak CCD sensor, promised to […]

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Guest post: 111.5 miles through Glacier National Park with a 200-400mm Nikon lens and a Leica M9

I’m Chris Peterson, editor and publisher of Glacier Park Magazine, an ad-free quarterly magazine of Glacier National Park, a million-acre wildlife preserve in Northwest Montana. The Park celebrated its 100th birthday in 2010 and in commemoration of that birthday I did a 100-mile hike in the Park, from the southern end to the north end […]

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“Leica M9 dream kit” for sale on eBay for $32k

This “Leica M9 dream kit” is for sale on eBay for US $32,000.00 (£19,811.79) and contains: Leica M9 with thumbs up (new boxed) Leica SUMMICRON-M f 1:2/28 mm ASPH 6-Bit encoding (new boxed) Leica SUMMILUX f 1:1.4/35mm ASPH 6-Bit encoding (excellent) Leica NOCTILUX f 1:1/50mm (mint) Leica SUMMILUX-M f 1:1.4/50mm (mint) Leica SUMMILUX-M f 1:1.4/75mm […]

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Free software for viewing Leica M9 images and EXIF data

This small and free program that lets you view Leica M9 DNG files and EXIF info: The program needs just the original DNG or NEF file. Displays the preview picture. Preview can be saved as BMP. Displays serial number, applied firmware and shutter releases of the camera. Display picture related data including used lens. Displays the […]

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Leica at the PDN Photo Plus Expo 2010 in New York

Here are some images from the Leica booth at the PDN Photo Plus Expo 2010 that took place last week in New York, there was also a Leica S2 studio event with photographers Rinze Van Brug and Chiun-Kai Shih who shared their experiences with the S system. The Leica M9 Titanium (the only one in the US […]

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Another Leica M9 limited edition shows up in Japan

This Leica M9 limited edition will be sold at the  Leica Futako Tamagawa store in Tokyo. Only 15 units were produced and the price will be 880,000 yen or $ 9,290 (without a lens): Via DC.watch

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