Monthly Archives: October 2012

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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Leica Camera AG trademarked “M11”

Interesting trivia: in May 2012 Leica Camera AG trademarked “M11” as an “instruments and apparatus, in particular photographic rangefinder cameras for analogue or digital still image recording, digital cameras“. The “M10” name was trademarked back in 2010.

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