Monthly Archives: October 2012

What happened to the Leica mirrorless system camera?

In a recent interview with Leica executives l-camera-forum asked about the previously rumored Leica mirrorless system camera: Question: An EVIL system camera has been announced some time ago. Can we still expect one? Stefan Daniel: We do not speculate. We’re not happy about the interview which started that rumour. We feel that it rather misrepresented what was said. […]

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Leica Camera AG is now 100% privately owned

The main shareholders now own all shares of Leica Camera AG. The company shares are no longer traded at the  Frankfurt Stock Exchange:

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Adobe Lightroom 4.2, Camera Raw 7.2 released with support for some of the latest Leica products

Adobe released Lightroom 4.2 (download links: Mac|Windows), Camera Raw 7.2 and DNG converter 7.2 (Mac|Windows) with support for the new Leica S, D-LUX 6, V-LUX 4 and the following lenses:

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Leica M-E now shipping in the US

The Leica M-E is now shipping in the US and is currently in stock at the Leica Boutique in Palm Beach and at Dale Photo and Digital. Here is a the new M-E next to the M9 and M9-P:

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Bonhams Leica auction in Hong Kong

Bonhams will hold an action for rare Leica cameras in Hong Kong on November 23. The top lot is a Leica Luxus I camera (1930) 
No. 48048 
with 50mm f/3.5 Elmar lens and faux lizard skin body covering. The camera is expected to reach HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 (£100,000-150,000). The Luxus cameras were produced on special order only in very […]

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Top 10 LeicaRumors posts for September 2012

         Those are the top 10 most visited LeicaRumors posts for September 2012: The new Leica M The new Leica M-E Leica “Das Wesentliche” event coverage Some Leica S3 rumors MS Optical 50/1.13 lens coming soon This is the MS Optical Sonnetar 50mm f/1.1 MC lens Leica M explained (video) The new Leica S Welcome […]

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New Leica books

There is a new version of Leica: Witness to a Century book that will start shipping later this month. Leica Camera book is described as “high quality content by Wikipedia articles“. Erwin Puts announced his latest book called Leica Chronicle. A sample PDF with a few pages from the book can be downloaded here.

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