Monthly Archives: May 2009

Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 lens rumor at PhotoRumors.com

By LR admin | Published: May 19, 2009

Update: it’s almost official now: I posted this rumor on the PhotoRumors.com site, but I think it will be of great interest for Leica owners: Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 lens coming soon You can follow all PhotoRumors post (RSS feeds) at the bottom of this blog or subscribe directly here.

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Leica rebates (US)

By LR admin | Published: May 18, 2009

Leica is offering mail-in rebates on selected M-Lenses (May 1 till June 30, 2009): $5,000 and more and get $500 back (mail-in rebate) $4,000 to $4,999 and get $400 back (mail-in rebate) $3,000 to $3,999 and get $300 back (mail-in rebate) $1,000 to $2,999 and get $200 back (mail-in rebate) (Source) Leica M8 upgrade rebates: […]

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Leica S2 side-by-side comparison with D3x and 645AFD

By LR admin | Published: May 17, 2009

Read the whole story @ David Farkas.

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Leica M8 “White Edition” now official

By LR admin | Published: May 15, 2009

Leica M8 “White Edition” is now official on Leica’s website – 275 units worldwide, price: $9,000 ($5000 more than the regular M8).

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Leica M9

By LR admin | Published: May 12, 2009

My Leica M9, originally uploaded by juicyrai. A funny Leica M9 hybrid picture (above) and a M9 rumor from rangefinderforum (below): “The M9 will have a target price as the same as the current M8.2 It will be at least 14-18MP There will be a special IR filter. Full Frame. Will be announced after Photokina […]

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Need your input

By LR admin | Published: May 12, 2009

Lately this blog has turn from a Leica Rumors to a general Leica blog. This is not necessary a bad thing. Leica rumors are not a daily occurrence, so I would like to know what do you think: What do you want LeicaRumors.com to be?(blog polls) and one more poll that will help me in […]

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Anthony Suau – Visual Nomad (video)

By LR admin | Published: May 11, 2009

Anthony Suau – Visual Nomad. from leica camera on Vimeo.

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Leica ads

By LR admin | Published: May 11, 2009

Similar to Nikon, Leica has done some cool advertisement for the Leica V-Lux 1 (click on images for high-res): And some more Leica ads that I found online (not sure if they were originally made by Leica): Of course there is also a book dedicated to Leica ads: Ads source: digitalcamerainfo, blameitonthevoices, monoscope

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