Monthly Archives: June 2010

The Leica Forum Users book is now available

The Leica Forum Users Book is now available at Blurb. Proceeds of the book will support the Association for International Cancer Research (£5 from the sale of each book goes to charity). Over £7000 are raised so far from entries and donations. The book is selling at over 1 book per hour. The Leica User Forum […]

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New bag from Artisan & Artist COV-8000

Artisan & Artist have a new bag – model COV-8000 (not yet listed on their website). The bag is currently available on eBay:

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Leica Boutique opens at Willoughby’s Imaging Center, New York

Update: some pictures from the event can be found here. NEW YORK (June 3, 2010) – Leica Camera Inc. is proud to announce the opening of the Leica Boutique at the Willoughby’s Imaging Center on June 8, 2010. The new boutique marks the first Leica designed retail space in New York City and a marquis […]

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Leica S-System delivers the ultimate Fantasy Portraits

3 June 2010: Leica’s professional digital camera system, the Leica S-System, has been chosen by fashion photographer Yves de Contades to create a unique set of photographs of some of the UK’s leading creative directors. Named ‘Fantasy Portraits’, the collection will exhibited in June 2010. Yves de Contades, who is also creative director of luxury […]

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Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2010

Solms, Germany (June 2, 2010) – The first prize in this year’s highly prestigious photographic competition, the ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2010,’ goes to the Swedish photographer Jens Olof Lasthein. His award-winning portfolio entitled ‘Waiting for the future – pictures from Abkhazia’ tells the story of the people of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Southern Caucasus. The second winner in […]

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