Monthly Archives: July 2012

Is this the Leica M10?

By LR admin | Published: July 13, 2012

  I received those pictures from a reader of what appears to be a new Leica M body with a larger screen (M10 maybe?) – you can see that the screen is almost to the level of the viewfinders. There also appears to be a different button selector to the right of the screen. For […]

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Roland Wolff promoted to Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Retail for Leica Camera Inc.

By LR admin | Published: July 10, 2012

Allendale, NJ (July 10, 2012) – Leica Camera Inc., announced today the promotion of Roland Wolff to Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Retail, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Roger Horn, President of Leica Camera Inc., the American division of the legendary camera and sport optics brand headquartered in Solms, Germany. Mr. Wolff […]

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Leica announced Adobe lens profiles for Hasselblad lenses when used with S2

By LR admin | Published: July 10, 2012

With the recent announcement of the S-Adapter H ($1950.00), Leica released Hasselblad H lens profiles for the medium format Leica S2 camera:

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Leica Camera may move their stock listing to Hong Kong

By LR admin | Published: July 6, 2012

Leica Camera may consider listing their stock in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Economic Times reported. Alfred Schopf, Chief Executive Officer of Leica Camera AG, was cited as saying that the company will seek to strengthen its brand in the next three to five years following a stock delisting in Germany. He added that getting listed in […]

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Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2012 – Finalists’ Portfolios

By LR admin | Published: July 4, 2012

Here is a compilation of finalists’ portfolios of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2012.

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With the upcoming announcement of Leica S3, expect a price drop on the S2

By LR admin | Published: July 3, 2012

Leica is rumored to announce the S2 replacement at Photokina. The new S3 is expected to also have a 37.5MP sensor but with improved characteristics. In the upcoming weeks/months the price of the S2 is expected to drop. Some rumors point to a $10k price tag (the current S2 price is $22,995.00). Leica may also introduce […]

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Leica Camera’s stock is up 180%

By LR admin | Published: July 3, 2012

Update: it seems that this was a glitch in the system because e price is back to normal now. Leica Cameras’s stock (LCA1) jumped over 180% in the past few days. Since the company stock is not publicly traded, my understanding is that its price is calculated based on the value of the company – […]

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White Leica M8 replica made out of Lego

By LR admin | Published: July 3, 2012

H.Y. Leung created the white Leica M8 camera completely out of Lego pieces. Here is the original white M8 for comparison:

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