Monthly Archives: October 2012

Leica D-Lux 6 sample images

By LR admin | Published: October 10, 2012

Some sample images taken with the new Leica D-Lux 6 during the October Fair in Leiden, The Netherlands by Rob van Keulen (check also his flickr stream and recent guest post on the Leica Monochrome + Noctilux combo):

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Guest post: Street photography with Leica M Monochrom and Noctilux M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH lens

By LR admin | Published: October 10, 2012

Today’s guest post about shooting the Leica M Monochrome with the Noctilux M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH lens is by Rob van Keulen (flickr stream): As a digital camera specialist and product manager I get the chance now and then to play with new and exiting stuff. I used to own a Sony A700 with a […]

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Rankin interview on S-Magazine (video)

By LR admin | Published: October 10, 2012

Photographer Rankin talks about his experience with the new Leica S and shooting an entire issue of S-Magazine with it.

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SLR Magic HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 M-mount lens prototype listed on eBay

By LR admin | Published: October 8, 2012

A prototype of the SLR Magic HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 M-mount lens is now listed on eBay. The current price after 19 bids is $1,550.00 with 14 hours left. The MSRP price of the lens is $4,288. Lens description from the eBay listing:

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Epson’s patent to display manual lens information on screen/viewfinder

By LR admin | Published: October 8, 2012

Epson filed patent 2012-186726 in Japan for a way of displaying manual lens information (aperture, focal length, focusing distance) on the camera LCD screen or viewfinder. This can be achieved with a small camera located above the lens that captures the lens information and shows it on the LCD screen:

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Canon 5D Mark II modified with a Leica Noctilux 50mm f/1.0 lens

By LR admin | Published: October 7, 2012

Robert Benson modified his Canon EOS 5D Mark II DSLR camera and attached a Leica Noctilux 50mm f/1.0 lens: This has been my obsession for more than a two months, and its now complete. The camera above is (was) a Canon 5dmk2. I wanted to use Leica rangefinder “M” lenses on it, but of course you cant, because […]

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Leica links/news/videos

By LR admin | Published: October 7, 2012

Q&A on Leica Cinema lenses (scroll down to page 50 of the PDF file). Leica M-E now also in stock at Amazon. Sarantel to supply GPS antennas to Leica. Interview with Stephan Schulz (head of Pro Imaging Leica):

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