The next Tamarkin Photographica Auction will be held on April 29, 2012

By LR admin | Published: January 29, 2012
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Tamarkin Photographica auction The next Tamarkin Photographica Auction will be held on April 29, 2012

The next Tamarkin Photographica Spring Auction will take place on Sunday, April 29, 2012 in Woodbridge, Connecticut:

This auction will be especially attractive to Leica collectors because we will offer a wonderful collection including a black Leica MP, a chrome Leica MP, two Leica 250 Reporter cameras, two prototypes of the original Leica M motor drives, a Minox Riga, a gorgeous war-time grey Leica IIIc(K) with the original E. Leitz invoice, a Leica SP in the box, a 50mm Nikkor 1.1, a Thambar, Mountain-Elmar, a black enamel 50mm Summicron f2,a handsome Contarex Electronic outfit, and many more exciting rarities. The completely illustrated auction catalogue will be available April 2, 2012.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson: “The Impassioned Eye” documentary

By LR admin | Published: January 27, 2012
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Henri Cartier Bresson: The Impassioned Eye documentary

I removed the embedded video because it appears that it was uploaded on Vimeo without the permission of the original copyright owner. The two disc set can be purchased from Amazon.

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Leica Akademie with Craig Semetko

By LR admin | Published: January 24, 2012
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Last year I had the chance to participate in one of the Leica Akademie Weekends with Craig Semetko and I can highly recommend it. The price of the 2012 course is $495, but you will receive a $150 voucher that can be used toward the purchase of any Leica serial numbered M products plus other freebies.

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Craig Semetko also has a new book out:

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Is Leica impacted by the recent developments at Kodak?

By LR admin | Published: January 24, 2012
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Several readers asked me about the future of the M9 and S2 cameras since they use Kodak sensors and the company recently filed fot chapter 11 bankruptcy. First, last year Kodak sold their sensor division and Leica can still get their sensors from the new owner Platinum Equity. Second, I believe that Leica will go with a Sony CMOS sensor for the M9 replacement at Photokina and the old Kodak sensor may be needed for just few more months of M9/M9-P production.

For all film users: Kodak's film division is still profitable.

In conclusion, I basically do not see Kodak's bankruptcy filing to impact Leica's business in any way.

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Two new Leica cameras at Photokina 2012

By LR admin | Published: January 22, 2012
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DSLR Magazine, who has a pretty good track record when it comes to "predicting" upcoming products, posted on Twitter that Leica is working on two new cameras for Photokina and one of them will have a "reasonable" price tag (for Leica's standards).

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