In case you missed it, here is a story I posted on Facebook last week: a Chinese photographer dropped his Leica M9 camera from the balcony and… broke the pool’s granite tile below. The camera’s focusing and metering systems were working fine after the drop, but he will probably need a new lens hood:
The Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1 VM lens for Leica M mount is now $100 off (the new price is $899). Recently several Voigtlander VM lenses got a price drop in the US (the 50mm f/1.1 Nokton was not part of the initial discount).
Leica camera announced a new Ultravid 8×32 Edition Zagato limited edition binocular:
The Leica Q Typ Typ 116 is the winner of the EISA European Premium Compact Camera Award for 2015-2016:
LEICA CAMERA AG & OSTLICHT PHOTO GALLERY PRESENT: LENNY KRAVITZ “FLASH!” & MATHIEU BITTON “ASCENSION” Exhibition on view from 11 – 22 August 2015 The life of a rock star is lived in public. Celebrated, admired, but also observed, crowded and pursued by fans and photographers, groupies, autograph hunters, gossip columnists and reporters – all […]
In a recent interview Leica confirmed that the sensor inside the Q Typ 116 camera is not made by Sony or CMOSIS. So, who is the manufacturer of this sensor? One very plausible option is TowerJazz – an Israeli semiconductor manufacturer with tight relations to Panasonic who has produced sensors for CMOSIS in the past. Here are […]
In this video labeled “What you put in the frame determines the photograph” Joel Meyerowitz explains what makes his style of photography different and unique and why he is shooting with a Leica camera:
