Monthly Archives: August 2011

Poll: are you using Leica M cameras professionally?

By LR admin | Published: August 4, 2011

My last post got me wondering how many people are using Leica M camera professionally (i. e. earning money from the pictures you take with it). If you own a Leica M camera, please vote: <a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/5350465/”>If you own a Leica M camera, are you using it professionally?</a>

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Leica investigating SanDisk memory cards issues with the M9

By LR admin | Published: August 4, 2011

Photographer Gil Lavi described on his blog in details his experiences with a brand new Leica M9 camera and different SanDisk memory cards, mainly from the Ultra/Extreme series. His camera crashed on several occasions and he lost multiple images, some of which were written as 0 KB file size. Similar issue occurred with a second M9 camera and different SanDisk memory […]

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Leica Camera, Inc. announces appointment of Roland Wolff as Director of Corporate Retail

By LR admin | Published: August 4, 2011

Allendale, NJ (August 3, 2011) – Leica Camera, Inc. announced today the promotion of Roland Wolff from Director of New Business Development to his new position as Director of Corporate Retail. In this role, Mr. Wolff will be responsible for the implementation of Leica Stores and Leica Boutiques as part of the Leica Camera retail […]

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Leica Super Elmar M 21mm f/3.4 ASPH lens delayed in Japan

By LR admin | Published: August 3, 2011

Leica Camera Japan announced that it will postpone the launch of the new Leica Super Elmar M 21mm f/3.4 ASPH lens. No reasons for the delay or specific release date were given.

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Remembering Henri Cartier-Bresson

By LR admin | Published: August 3, 2011

Henri Cartier-Bresson died seven years ago on August 3rd, 2004. Here is an old interview he gave to Charlie Rose: Via Aphotostudent

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DNG to NEF file converter

By LR admin | Published: August 3, 2011

Update: there is a new version of this software. If you have an established Nikon Capture NX2 workflow and recently bought a Leica M9 camera, this DNG to NEF converter created by Miguel Bañón is for you:

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Free ebook about street photography

By LR admin | Published: August 2, 2011

Thomas Leuthard (85mm.ch) published a free ebook about street photography called Going Candid… An unorthodox approach to Street Photography. The direct download link is here.

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Leica M9 and M9-P delayed because of slow recovery of some Japanese factories after the earthquake

By LR admin | Published: August 2, 2011

Richard Swan from Leica UK confirmed to Techradar that Leica M9 and M9-P cameras currently have increased waiting times as a result of the slow recovery of some Japanese factories after the earthquake. The current average wait time for those models is three months. The wait time for the 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux lens is one […]

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