In addition to the Leica Store in the Time Square mall in Causeway Bay (Hong Kong), there seems to be another Leica store coming up in the IFC mall (Hong Kong):
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The next Leica store will be in Fürth, Germany
Another Leica store/shop/boutique (not sure what is the correct name – I see all three of them in use) will open in Fürth, South Germany. The official opening will be on March 12/13, 2010. They claim on their website that all Leica products will be in stock on the day of the opening (in limited quantities).
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Leica related news/links
The Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Leica Camera AG in Solms Franz Jung has resigned (source 1, source 2).
ThinkTank announced a new bag that may be of interest for Leica shooters:
“Created as an homage to classic photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank, we’ve created five soft-sided shoulder bags in our new Retrospective™ series. Designed [...]
Leica announces North American road show
Leica M9 course registration
Leica S2 course registration
Full press release:
Leica will host first-ever series of experiential seminars on M and S-Systems
February 23, 2010 – (Allendale, NJ) – Leica Camera announced today that it will bring the latest and newest Leica products to major North American cities as part of the first-ever Leica North American Road Show. [...]
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Overgaard Photography Extension Course 2010
Few weeks ago Thorsten Overgaard introduced a series of extension courses – the best thing is that people can do those courses from anywhere in the world. You don’t have to be a Leica shooter in order to join, but in Thorsten’s own words those classes spell Leica all over:
“It’s the basics of photography – which is [...]
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New Leica store to open in Hong Kong
New Leica flagship store is coming soon in Hong Kong. It will be located in the Time Square mall in Causeway Bay. The store is already listed in the mall directory as “coming soon”.
“The Leica Camera” report from 1946 by British intelligence
The full 16 pages reports can be downloaded here. Some interesting Leica facts from 1946:
It took 33 hours to assemble a Leica III C.
In November of 1946 Leica was producing 1100 cameras per month. Out of those 1100 units 89% were allocated to the American forces, 6% to French forces and only 5% were available for sale in [...]
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