I don’t think this is part of what Leica has prepared for Photokina, but this is definitely the first Leica X1 limited edition “Le Mans”:
The first Leica X1 limited edition "Le Mans"
The Leica X1 limited edition “Le Mans” will sale for €1690 with case or €1590 without a case. A total of 50 pieces will be available. See more pictures @ Leicastoreparis (in English).
Erwin Puts announced today on his blog that the new version of the Leica Lens Compendium book will be coming soon:
“My new version of the Leica Lens Compendium is almost ready. The first introductory chapter can be downloaded free in the download area. The book covers the history of the company from 1849 to 2010 and focuses on cameras from the Ur-Leica to the S2 and M9 and all lenses from the original Elmax to the most recent M lens. The focus is on the rangefinder lineage.
The printed version will be a one time only print run on subscription only. Details will be give later.”
the old version of the Leica Lens Compendium
The previous version is hard to find and currently sells for around $600 on Amazon and for even more on eBay.
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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Are you a Leica and Apple fan? This one is for you
I did not really like the first attempt to add faux leather to you iPhone in order to make it look like a classic Leica camera, but this new DIY “solution” is actually cool – you basically insert a picture of Leica camera on the back of your iPhone by using a Griffin Reveal case:
Macrumors via Gizmodo