Monthly Archives: August 2011

Leica Camera AG approves dividend

By LR admin | Published: August 12, 2011

Annual General Meeting of Leica Camera AG approves dividend / year concludes with record sales / Board of Management reaffirms results forecast On August 12, 2011 in the Wetzlarer Rittal-Arena, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) of Leica Camera AG, Solms resolved to distribute a dividend for the first time since 1997. The dividend […]

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The new Leica Compendium book should be available tomorrow

By LR admin | Published: August 11, 2011

Update: the book is now available on LFI-online and Amazon. The new limited edition of the Leica Compendium book by Erwin Puts should be available tomorrow. The new edition will include new pages, additional images and rewritten paragraphs. The price will be 78 Euros. The previous version is already sold out.

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The Leica wedding

By LR admin | Published: August 8, 2011

The Leica Guy got married and of course the entire wedding had a Leica theme. Here is the Leica groom’s cake: and the Leica .95 Noctilux ring:

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Leica’s new compact mirrorless system camera: priced between the X1 and M9, compatible with M-mount lenses

By LR admin | Published: August 8, 2011

Richard Swan from Leica UK shared some details on their upcoming compact mirrorless system camera with TechRadar. The new product line will be placed somewhere between the X1 and M9 in terms of pricing. As previous reprots indicated, the camera will have at least an APS-C sized sensor. Another interesting comment was that “any future […]

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Leica Summilux-C cinema lenses now shipping

By LR admin | Published: August 5, 2011

Band Pro announced that the first sets of Leica Summilux-C cinema lenses have shipped from the new factory in Wetzlar, Germany. The Leica Cine lenses are exclusively distributed by Band Pro. A set of eight lenses costs $178,000. Here are three sample videos shot with the new Summilux-C cinema lenses and various cameras (Arri Alexa, Red Epic-M, Sony F35):

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Official statement by Leica Camera AG on the M9 / SD Card compatibility

By LR admin | Published: August 5, 2011

Leica Camera has recently become aware of customers experiencing compatibility issues related to select types of new memory cards when used in the Leica M9. First of all, we would like to thank you all for the lively participation on our call for assistance to solve the SD-card issue with the M9. With this information, […]

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More on the Leica M9 SD memory card issue

By LR admin | Published: August 5, 2011

Here is a video illustrating a scenario when images from the M9 will be lost: Update: it seems that the issue described in this video is different from the original post by Gil Lavi.

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Ricoh GXR Leica M-mount APS-C module detailed specs

By LR admin | Published: August 4, 2011

Detailed specs of the Ricoh GXR Leica M-mount cartridge were published  at Fotointern. The release date is September 9th, 2011. The retail price will be $649. More images of the unit can be found here. Technical specs:

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