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Leica X1 discontinued?

This Leica Camera price list has the black and silver X1 camera models listed as “ausverkauft” or “sold out”. The Leica X1 was announced together with the M9 back in September of 2009 and is supposed to be refreshed at some point this year (maybe on May 10th?). Even after the Fuji X100 and X-Pro1 […]

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Silver Zeiss Ikon rangefinder discontinued

Cosina Japan announced that the Silver Zeiss Ikon rangefinder has been discontinued. This comes a year after Zeiss discontinued their Ikon SW (Super Wide) version. The black Zeiss Ikon ($1,618.00) is still available for sale. Via ZR/PR

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Leica 21mm f/2.8 Elmarit M Aspherical lens also discontinued?

Back in December I reported that the Leica 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit M Aspherical lens was discontinued. The lens is currently listed as “no longer available”. Another lens, the Leica 21mm f/2.8 Elmarit M Aspherical lens is now also listed as discontinued at B&H: If you are looking to get one of those lenses, Amazon still […]

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Zeiss Ikon 85mm f/2.0 T* ZM Sonnar lens (M-mount) to be discontinued?

The Zeiss Ikon 85mm f/2.0 T* ZM Sonnar lens is no longer listed on zeiss.com website:

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Leica V-Lux 20 to be discontinued soon

  The Leica V-Lux 20 was announced on April 20th, 2010 and is expected to be discontinued in the next few weeks. This will open a hole in the low end of Leica’s product line. Panasonic announced several new point and shoot cameras in January of 2011 and by looking at the different models, I think the next Leica compact camera […]

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