Monthly Archives: January 2020

Zenit M digital rangefinder M-mount camera with Zenitar 35mm f/1 lens: everything you need to know

I had the chance to play with the Zenit M camera and here is my report. The Zenit-M is basically an M240 without the 6bit code reader with small design cues from Zenit’s design firm. It’s completely made by Leica and calibrated by Leica. The Zenitar 35mm f/1 lens is 100% designed by Zenit with feedback […]

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Color photography with the Leica M10 Monochrom camera (M10M)

Color photography with the Leica M10 Monochrom camera (M10M) by Onasj (see all previous posts by Onasj): I just took one of the most color-accurate photos I’ve ever taken indoors.   I took it with the M10 Monochrom. The result blew me away—I was expecting the experiment to work, but not to exceed the color accuracy of […]

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Leica S3 user manual (draft)

A draft of the Leica S3 medium format camera user manual was submitted for certifications with one of the government agencies. The full manual (draft) can be downloaded here. The Leica S3 camera was delayed and should be released this Spring. Here are a few screenshots from the manual:

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Test results: Leica M10-P vs. Leica M10 Monochrom side-by-side ISO comparison

Here are results from a side-by-side comparison of the Leica M10-P ($8,795) vs. the new Leica M10 Monochrom ($8,295) by Onasj (see all previous posts by Onasj):

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New Leica Store Rive Gauche opened in Paris

Leica Camera opened a new Store Rive Gauche in Paris (district 6). The 60m2 Leica Store is designed by the Italian designer Alessia Garibaldi who also designed the Leica stores in Milan, Istanbul, London, Porto and Madrid. Here is the press release (in French):

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Leica digest #53

→ Huawei P40 Pro smartphone leaked online with five Leica cameras. → Leica invented autofocus, then abandoned it. → The latest Leica related videos:

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The new version of Topaz Labs DeNoise AI is on sale for a limited time (coupon code included)

Topaz Labs released a new version of their popular DeNoise AI software that now has a brand new batch processing and also includes a new chroma noise reduction slider. The new version of Topaz Labs DeNoise AI is now on sale for $59.99 (regularly $79.99) but you can get an additional 15% off when you […]

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Firmware update 2.12.8.0 for the new Leica M10 Monochrom camera released

Leica released the first firmware update for the new Leica M10 Monochrom camera (US download link) with only one fix: “Image taken with ISO 25.000 or 32.000 at certain exposure times showed too dark shadows and high contrast with previous firmware version“. Check Leica M10 Monochrom pricing and availability: Americas Europe Asia Adorama B&H PopFlash […]

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