Monthly Archives: September 2012

The 22nd WestLicht Camera Auction will take place on November 24, 2012

The 22nd WestLicht Camera Auction will take place on Saturday, November 24, 2012, 11am. Preview will start on Wednesday, November 21, daily 10 am – 6 pm. Here are the details: After the sensational world record auction this past May – a Leica 0-Series achieved a price of 2,160,000 EUR – the amazing offers of the 22nd […]

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Leica to get delisted from the stock exchange

Leica Camera AG settled with their last two minority shareholders after they set a cash compensation for squeeze-out. As a result, the company will be delisted form the stock exchange. With this, Leica will become a “privately owned” entity and will no longer be traded on the stock exchange. Leica’s CEO Alfred Schopf said that this will […]

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Interview with Stefan Daniel at Photokina 2012 about the new Leica M and Leica ME

Stefan Daniel and Thorsten Overgaard lie down on the floor in Stefan Daniel’s office at Photokina on September 19, 2012 and have a long exclusive chat about the new design of the Leica M, the Leica M-E, the new CMOS sensor that is not like any other CMOS sensors, the lack of AA filter, the […]

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B&H now taking Leica M pre-orders

B&H just started accepting pre-orders for the latest Leica products: Leica M black Leica M silver Leica M-E Leica S Leica D-Lux 6 Leica V-Lux 4 See other pre-order options here.

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The new Leica M (continuos coverage)

BJP interview with Stefan Daniel of Leica: “There’s no way that Leica will launch a below-£1000 compact system camera“. Dpreview interview with Jesko von Oeynhausen of Leica: Q: Can you explain the nomenclature change, from M8, M9 to ‘M’? A: We don’t want to give our customers the feeling that when the M10 comes out, for instance, that the M9 […]

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New Leica products now available for pre-order at Adorama

If you are planning to buy the new Leica M rangefinder and did not get a chance to put your name on a pre-order list, here is another chance: Adorama just listed the new Leica product as available for pre-order. Keep in mind that it will take probably at least one year until all pre-orders for […]

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The 24MP MAX sensor inside the new Leica M is made by CMOSIS

Included is the CMOSIS press release about the 24MP MAX sensor inside the new Leica M. The sensor, based on a 6 x 6 µm² pixel size with dynamic range of 76dB, is designed and made in Europe.

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