Monthly Archives: March 2010

B&H taking Leica M9 pre-orders again

By LR admin | Published: March 31, 2010

Every time B&H lists the M9 as “available for pre-order” is an indication that they are expecting a shipment. Few readers have emailed me in the past that they got their M9 this way with minimum waiting:

Posted in Leica M9 | 3 Comments

Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux Asph lens (silver) now in stock

By LR admin | Published: March 30, 2010

Here is the link – this will not last long. The good news is that this lens started to show up lately in several stores – hopefully, the long wait time is over.

Posted in Other Leica Stuff | 5 Comments

Under 5% of Leica sales are film cameras (M7 & MP)

By LR admin | Published: March 28, 2010

Update: in the UK Leica film cameras make 6% of total sales (source). This percentage was given by Leica’s US CEO Roger Horn in an interview with NorthJersey.com: “Q: What percent of your sales are film cameras? A: The film cameras are running under 5 percent.” The second piece of interesting information from this interview: […]

Posted in Other Leica Stuff | 5 Comments

DIY: Leica II digicam

By LR admin | Published: March 27, 2010

Full instructions with pictures on how to fit a Sony DSC-WX1 digital camera in a Russian Leica copycat are available here (in English). At least they did not destroy a real Leica 🙂

Posted in Other Leica Stuff | 4 Comments

Leica M8 firmware update in early May

By LR admin | Published: March 25, 2010

I received a tip that the next Leica M8 firmware update will be released in early May, 2010. My understanding is that this will be the last firmware update for the M8 model – as far as I remember Stefan Daniel mention that in one of the Leica videos when the M9 was introduced last year.

Posted in Leica M | Tagged | 7 Comments

Leica M9 sensor cleaning

By LR admin | Published: March 23, 2010

If you have watched this video from the Leica factory tour, (first video, 13:20 and 14:50 minute marks) you probably remember the “sticky stick” they used to clean the M9 sensor on the production line. I remember searching for this product online before and could not find it. This is what I stumble upon today: Dot Line SensorVu Loupe & Cleaner […]

Posted in Leica M9 | 1 Comment

Detailed image quality data for Leica M9 released @ DXOmark

By LR admin | Published: March 22, 2010

DXOmark released their Leica M9 test results. Leica M9 came 23th in the sensor ranking and 19th in low light ISO ranking. You can also compare the M9 RAW-based camera image quality with any other camera in their database. Have fun! Read more about DXOmark tests.

Posted in Leica M9 | 20 Comments

What’s next? How about a black Leica X1?

By LR admin | Published: March 20, 2010

Those pictures were taken from a German soap opera (click on image for larger view): (Thanks Mathias)

Posted in Leica X | 7 Comments