Some interesting eBay finds: the first one is a “scratched” Leica M9 camera with “deliberately made heavy scratches on top and base plate” for that special Lenny Kravitz limited edition look.
The second eBay find for today is this custom-made underwater housing for the Leica M240 camera by The Sexton Corporation. The housing is certified for depths of 41 meters and includes a set of 3 focus and aperture rings that fit 50mm, 35mm and 21mm lenses:
Match Technical announced two new ThumbsUp models for the Leica Q Titanium and Leica M10 cameras:
ThumbsUp EP-SQ2 Titan for the Leica Q Titanium gray camera: check pricing and availability at Popflash and Leica Store Miami.
ThumbsUp EP-MX for Leica M10: check pricing and availability at Popflash.
For the M10 model Leica created their own thumb support which has a lower profile compared to the ThumbsUp and works pretty well (check pricing and availability B&H | Adorama):
Leica CEO Oliver Kaltner at the Leica M10 launch event (by Enche Tjin with Leica SL)
Another interview from Enche Tjin/infofotografi.com, this time with Leica CEO Oliver Kaltner (read his previous M10 interview here)
According to this Facebook post posted a few weeks ago, the Ricoh GW-3 21mm wide-angle conversion lens first perfectly on the Leica Q camera. Here are two sample photos:
These are the top 10 most visited LeicaRumors posts for January, and as you can imagine, it is all about the M10:
The current CEO of Leica Camera AG Oliver Kaltner will not be extending his contract on August 31st. The German website FinanzNachrichten reports that Leica’s Supervisory Board was not satisfied with Kaltner’s style of leadership. Here is the full, Google translated text:
Some new Leica M10 cameras were shipped with firmware version 1.0.2.0 (most have version 1.0.1.0). It is safe to assume that a new M10 firmware will be released soon.
The only bug I saw so far in the M10 is that the status screen does not correctly display the selected exposure metering mode:
Update #1: the new firmware is rumored to be officially released next week.
Update #2: there are a few more unconfirmed bugs described in the comments section below.
