Monthly Archives: January 2009

Leica Oskar Barnack Award

By LR admin | Published: January 26, 2009

The renowned photographic competition, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award will be celebrating its 30th year in 2009. On the occasion of this special jubilee, Leica Camera AG has revised the entry conditions and included numerous changes. Entries for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award/Newcomers Award 2009 will be accepted as online submissions between 15 January and […]

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USD 10,000.00

By LR admin | Published: January 25, 2009

If the US price of the Leica M8 Safari is really going to be USD10,000, I am suspecting Leica will be in world of pain (source). FYI the M8.2 costs USD 5,995 and the lens Elmarit-M 1:2.8/28 costs USD 1,795 so the premium for the Safari Limted Edition will be over USD 2,000 not to […]

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Capture One 4.6.1 now available

By LR admin | Published: January 24, 2009

The latest fix should not impact Leica users, but it is aways good to run the latest version.

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46mm Lensmate adapter for Leica D-Lux 4 coming next week

By LR admin | Published: January 23, 2009

As reported earlier, Lensmate was working on an adapter tube and lens hood for the Leica D-Lux 4. Yesterday I got some updates from Lensmate: Dear Lensmate customer, Just a quick note to let you know that we will have the 46mm Lensmate adapter available to order in the next week or so. We are […]

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A really used camera

By LR admin | Published: January 21, 2009

A reader sent me this picture – the film shape actually got imprinted in the camera’s back (Leica M4). Sorry, I cannot post the original picture here. The camera belonged to Garry Winogrand. Is this even possible? I was looking at another beat-up Leica M3 on eBay and the back plate was unmarked, see below […]

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Leica D-Lux 4 Titanium now in stores

By LR admin | Published: January 19, 2009

Update: Leica D-Lux 4 Titanium is now available @ J&R. At the time of this posting the camera was in stock. Orders will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Due to high volume sales, stock status changes frequently. Check back here for more updates. Leica D-Lux 4 Titanium is now available at Amazon – […]

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Pimp my D-Lux 4 (or LX3)

By LR admin | Published: January 18, 2009

Lumix LX3 fully loaded, originally uploaded by Nokton. What do we have here: Panasonic DMW-LA4 Conversion Adapter Panasonic DMW-VF1 External Optical Viewfinder Hoya 46mm Circular Polarizer Panasonic DMW-LW46 Wide Conversion Lens Leica Mini Table-Top (Tabletop) Tripod Panasonic DMW-CLX3K Carrying Case Leica Leather Carry Case for the D-LUX 4 Leica 21mm viewfinder This is why Leica […]

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