Monthly Archives: September 2012

Leica news/links

The second Leica M-9p Hermes set shipped few weeks ago. Only few pieces were available for the US market. Elliott Erwitt’s new book I mentioned few days ago is priced at $1,629.15 at Amazon. Koyote’s Baekga chosen as endorsement model for Leica Camera. What’s inside the Leica M4? Leica M Monochrom, part 2 by Erwin Puts. […]

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Rumor: Leica will introduce a new R lens adapter for the upcoming digital M rangefinder

The Leica event “Das Wesentliche” will take place on September 17th (next Monday) in Cologne. The only update I have for now is that Leica will introduce a new M mount adapter for R lenses. If you still have your R glass, soon you will be able to use it on the upcoming Leica M rangefinder (may […]

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Leica M9 and M9-P cameras now with up to $1,500 discount

After the first price reduction, the Leica M9 and M9-P cameras are now further discounted on amazon.com: Leica M9 (black) now $5,999 Leica M9 (steel grey) now $5,999 Leica M9-P (silver chrome) now $6,499 Leica M9-P (black) now $6,499  

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Leica presents “Personal Best for Leica” by Elliott Erwitt

Elliott Erwitt will be part of Leica’s “Visual Gallery” in Photokina. From October 12 the “Personal Best for Leica” collection will be on display at various Leica galleries parallel with his new book “Elliott Erwitt XXL Special Edition” (update: the price of the book on Amazon is now set to $1,629.15): Here is the full press release (Google translation): Solms (ots) – The renowned American Magnum […]

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Leica D-Lux 6 and Leica V-Lux 4 images

The upcoming Leica D-Lux 6 and V-Lux 4 cameras are exactly what you would expect them to be. The new models are based on the Panasonic LX7 and FZ200 cameras and will probably be announced on September 17th, 2012. The expected specs are:

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This is the MS Optical Sonnetar 50mm f/1.1 MC lens

MS-Optical Sonnetar 50mm f1.1 MC lens

Some additional details on the new MS Optical Sonnetar 50mm f/1.1 MC lens for Leica M mount and is now accepting pre-orders at ¥65,000 (around $830): “It has a 2 layer multicoating on Tantalum glass. The German made iris is smooth with no click stops. It is a circular centre 14 blade iris, which should make […]

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MS Optical 50/1.13 lens coming soon

Mr. Miyazaki MS Optical

After the MS Optical Perar Super Triplet 28mm f/4 and MS Super Triplet Perar 3.5/35 Mark II lenses, Japanexposures reports that Mr. Miyazaki’s next project will be a new MS Optical 50/1.13 lens:

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Leica partners with Schloss Bensberg Classics

For the fourth year in a row Leica Camera AG partnered with the vintage cars show Schloss Bensberg Classics:

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