Monthly Archives: October 2009

Leica Links

By LR admin | Published: October 31, 2009

The french site Summilux has a petition for Leica to produce a R10 camera. Currently 204 people have signed the petition. Leica S2 test and sample images from PDN. Sample file #1 | Sample file #2 (warning: large files – Leica S2’s DNG files were opened in Adobe Camera RAW and saved as sRGB JPEGs). You still […]

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Leica Shop-in-Shop (SIS) in West Palm Beach is almost completed

By LR admin | Published: October 29, 2009

Update: the official opening of the Leica store will be on November 4th. The store is expected to be open for business next week (this is how the store looked 2 months ago). The official opening of the Palm Beach Photographic Centre (where the Leica SIS is located) will be on November 13th:

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Leica M9 limited edition in Tokyo

By LR admin | Published: October 27, 2009

Update: a second M9 limited edition picture was added. I was told that both cameras are only on display for now. To my knowledge this is the second Leica M9 limited edition, currently available in the new Leica store in Futakotamagawa, Tokyo (the first one was produced for Amateur Photographer magazine). The word is that […]

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Leica X1 @ PDN PhotPlus Expo

By LR admin | Published: October 26, 2009

Last week I attended PDN PhotPlus Expo in New York (this explains the lack of new posts from the past few days). At the Leica booth I had the chance to get a detailed presentation of the new Leica X1. I expected the camera to be much bigger and heavier and I was pleasantly surprised to […]

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Leica @ PDN PhotoPlus Expo in New York (2009)

By LR admin | Published: October 26, 2009

Here are some pictures from the Leica booth at PDN PhotoPlus Expo: Leica US had also organized a S2 photo shoot in a nearby studio. I could not attend, but we will soon have the detailed report from David Farkas. A detailed Leica X1 report from the expo is coming up next.

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Leica presents a unique photographic experience to Antarctica

By LR admin | Published: October 19, 2009

Leica presents a unique photographic experience to Antarctica: “Expedition to an Ethereal World”. Aboard the All-suite, 114-Guest Corinthian II January 18 – 31, 2010 There will be Leica expert on hand and you will be able to test drive the new Leica M9, Leica S2 and Leica X1. Additional on-board lectures by Charles Walcott, Kristin […]

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Leica @ photo show in Paris (ParisPhoto)

By LR admin | Published: October 19, 2009

Just some pictures from last week (ParisPhoto) – the report I got was that Leica’s booth was “very busy”:

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Leica S2 delayed till December

By LR admin | Published: October 19, 2009

BJP just reported that Leica S2 will be delayed till December 2009 because of high demand according to a Leica UK spokeswoman: “The Leica S system has attracted a great deal of attention among photographers since it was announced at Photokina 2008. Orders for the system have been much higher than expected, and in order […]

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