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Leica CF-22 Flash in stock alert

By LR admin | Published: March 19, 2009

The Leica CF-22 flash for the Leica D-Lux 4 was expected to be available February 2009 and now is in stock in some retailers: Amazon B&H Adorama (currently out of stock) Here are two pictures of the flash unit mounted on the D-Lux 4: picture 1 and picture 2.

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Viewfinder and flash at the same time (D-Lux 4)

By LR admin | Published: March 18, 2009

This Panny has the Voigtlander 28/35 mini-finder and the lens cap mod. The point of this post @dpreview was to show that the flash can be used simultaneously with the viewfinder – same is valid for the Leica D-Lux 4.

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Leica R10 – available Summer 2010

By LR admin | Published: March 17, 2009

Part of an email I received yesterday (I took the first portion of the email away to protect the identity of the reader): “… who has close ties with Leica says the R10 digital is confirmed for Summer 2010. It will be with AF, and be accompanied by new lenses of course because the R […]

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Leica S2 price = USD 7297?

By LR admin | Published: March 16, 2009

Too low to be true in my opinion, but a Latvian website has the Leica S2 listed for 3999.00 Ls (=USD 7297). Leica has not officially announced the S2 price yet, but I know one thing – if this is the real price, they will sell a lot of S2.

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Another Leica D-Lux 4 mod: Ricoh DW-6 19mm Wide Conversion Lens

By LR admin | Published: March 14, 2009

Somebody @ dpreview attached the Ricoh DW-6 19mm Wide Conversion Lens to a Leica D-Lux 4 with a simple step down filter. The author claims that the tests photos were “sharp enough also at the extreme corner shooting in 16:9 format”. Here is a picture of the D-Lux 4 with the Ricoh DW-6: Update (posted as […]

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52mm 2.0x Telephoto for Leica D-LUX4

By LR admin | Published: March 13, 2009

Another add-on for Leica D-Lux 4: 52mm 2.0x Telephoto for Leica D-LUX4.

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Leica R10 in January 2010?

By LR admin | Published: March 11, 2009

Update – here is a better translation: Leica R10 is coming in January 2010 Leica R9 is now being shut down as well as the manufacture of manually focused lenses. This happens awaiting the digital R10 which will get autofocus. For some years there was a digital back for Leica R8 and R9 called Digital […]

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