Leica related news/links

• 15 years ago
• Categories: Leica Auction Madness, Leica D-Lux, Leica M, Leica X

This is a long post – a lot is going on in Leica’s world lately and I decided to put everything in one entry(make sure you click on the “Read More” link for the rest):

• Win a Leica X1 – contest at digitalcamerainfo.com.

• Leica announced a limited edition Ever Ready Case for its popular compact digital camera, the LEICA D-LUX 4. Price: £160:

The above three news entries are via the official Leica Twitter account

• Leica M8 Limited edition for the 3rd anniversary of Leica Ginza Shop in Tokyo (via stranger_than_Tokyo):

• Real life photos taken with pre-production Leica X1 (firmware 0.72i).

• Insctructions on how to reposition the OFF/S/C/self timer switch on the Leica M8 to avoid accidentally turning the camera off.

• Lightroom 3.0  show the guesstimate f.stop (aka the g.stop) under exposure in meta-data for both M8 and M9. There is an old (M8 based) paper on this topic here:

• So far 3 Leica M9 cameras were sold on eBay for $12,100, $9,999 and $8,500:

• Leica watch anyone? (via reddotcameras):