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Crazy, but still a rumor: Leica may be coming out with a line of cinema lenses

By LR admin | Published: August 23, 2008

I do not know what to think about this rumor. I would say it’s busted right upfront (anonymous email): At a Leica Day last year in La Jolla, CA, I heard that a large Hollywood studio had bought a copy of each R lens from Leica. They planned to retrofit them for use on motion […]

Posted in Leica Cinema Lenses, Leica Lenses| Tagged | 6 Comments

Weekend Leica Forum in Germany – Photokina expectations

By LR admin | Published: August 18, 2008

This information is is based on a Leica Forum that happened few weeks ago in Germany. The presenter form Leica was Mr. Stefan Daniel who is the head of the M division at Leica in Solms. Here is run down on the report: R-System: – no new R lens at Photokina – R9 still in […]

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How to submit information to LeicaRumors without leaving a trace

By LR admin | Published: August 18, 2008

There are different ways to submit information to LeicaRumors.com anonymously. Some of them are: for anonymous image hosting: http://bayimg.com http://img135.imageshack.us/ for anonymous emails (usually used to send a link to the image posted on one of the above sites): http://anonymouse.org/anonemail.html Our email is: leicarumors [at] gmail [dot] com Let’s get started!

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Leica’s global sales fell 38% because of delays in the introduction of new products

By LR admin | Published: August 17, 2008

“Leica’s global sales fell 38% for the three months to 30 June compared to the same quarter last year…The strong decline is due to reduced sales of the M-system and of digital compact cameras, resulting from delays in the introduction of new products, states Leica Camera AG in a statement.” Via AmateurPhotographer

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Rumor: Leica considering rebranding Canon DSLRs (updated)

By LR admin | Published: August 16, 2008

Update: Imaging Insider received an e-mail on Monday, August 18, 2008 from someone that apparently works for Leica confirming this rumor. Here is the updated link. I would say the chance of this to happened is 1%, but it is still a rumor: “There´s a hint going around that Leica is considering rebranding Canon DSLRs” Via Imaginginsider

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Photokina rumor: Leica will be releasing a new lower price rangefinder, an R10, and the new D Lux-4

By LR admin | Published: August 15, 2008

“I was told by a very reliable source. Leica wants to expand it’s sales in their camera and lens divisions. Making an RF camera that is affordable, ($1000 – $2,000) and lenses that are more affordable, which they are doing currently, should get more people using the RF format. This camera will be announced and […]

Posted in Leica D-Lux, Leica R| Tagged | 3 Comments

Big “Leica-Bang” on September 15th

By LR admin | Published: August 15, 2008

The German Foto Magazine distributed some Leica rumors in their latest edition (page 30): Concerning the German photojournal FotoMagazin (FoMag) 8/2008 , which appeared today, there will be following Leica-news at Photochina: – Leica will introduce a FF R10 and a new corresponding AF -lens line as prototype. Production will start late 2009. – There will […]

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