Monthly Archives: December 2013

Leica increases the value of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award for the Leica centennial in 2014

Leica Camera AG, Solms, is celebrating 100 years of Leica photography in 2014. To celebrate the centennial, the company will be doubling the value of the cash prizes for the prestigious international photography competition, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Oskar Barnack, after whom the award is named, was the man who constructed the so-called Ur-Leica […]

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Leica cameras at the next Tamarkin auction

Another Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction will take place this Sunday, December 8th at 10:00 am EST. Here are some of the Leica camera highlights (the full catalog can be downloaded here):

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Top 10 LeicaRumors posts for November 2013

       These are the top 10 most visited LeicaRumors posts for November 2013: Leica M camera designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson for RED sold for $1.8 million Die Welt: “Leica’s nightmare is Sony” Leica T (701) camera without a rangefinder coming soon Jony Ive and Marc Newson on the one of a kind […]

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“Dummy” Leica M type 240 firmware update 2.0.0.12 released

Leica released a new “dummy” firmware update 2.0.0.12 for the M type 240 rangefinder, but you don’t have to really upgrade if you already have version 2.0.0.11:

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A Guide to Street Photography: Matt Stuart (video)

“Disappearing into the background is Stuart’s way of allowing funny and colorful scenes to unfold, uncontaminated by his presence. Shooting on a small camera is an essential part of the disguise. Although Stuart shoots digital for commercial commissions, his street photography is captured on a celluloid-format and entirely mechanical Leica MP.

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