Author Archives: LR admin

Don’t judge a book by its cover

By LR admin | Published: August 8, 2008

We just launched this bog and already received few skeptical emails about this site, which is fine – we like constructive criticism (we got some encouraging messages too). Rumors sites cannot deliver new rumors every day starting with the first post. Like everything else it will take time to analyze our sources and start collecting […]

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Picture of Leica R10

By LR admin | Published: August 7, 2008

Of course this will not be a rumor site without some faked photoshoped image, or maybe not?

Posted in Leica R| Tagged | 8 Comments

Leica Rumor: new lower price rangefinder, an R10, and the new D Lux-4.

By LR admin | Published: August 7, 2008

From the daily rumor scan of dpreview: Leica will be releasing a new, lower price rangefinder, an R10, and the new D Lux-4.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 […]

Posted in Leica D-Lux| 5 Comments

Adorama predictions for Photokina – Leica will drop out of 4/3 + new FF R-series Leica DSLR

By LR admin | Published: August 6, 2008

…3. Meet the Interchangeable-Lens EVF Camera: This will happen, and it will be based on the just-announced Micro Four Thirds system. Without bulky mirror boxes that distinguished DSLRs, cameras can be made smaller, but an Electronic Viewfinder is easier to use in bright light than a simple LCD. The participating companies–Panasonic and Olympus (and notably, […]

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Strong hints that Leica is planning to launch a full-frame 35mm sensor-based digital rangefinder camera

By LR admin | Published: August 6, 2008

More catching up: Chris Cheesman and Angela Nicholson Leica’s chief has dropped strong hints that the firm is planning to launch a full-frame 35mm sensor-based digital rangefinder camera. Steven Lee, chief executive officer of Leica Camera AG, today told Amateur Photographer that the camera could form part of a future upgrade option for the current […]

Posted in Leica M9| 2 Comments

“Leica has sent a letter to its customers informing them that a full-frame M is, indeed, on the way”

By LR admin | Published: August 6, 2008

Some more old rumors:…However, it has recently been brought to our attention that Leica has sent a letter to its customers informing them that a full-frame M is, indeed, on the way. Furthermore, the letter seems to indicate that the M8 upgrade program, announced at PMA, may include swapping out the current APS-D sensor with […]

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Some old Leica rumors

By LR admin | Published: August 6, 2008

We have some catching up to do… Leica is working hard to develop a full-frame digital M9, an autofocus R10 (SLR), and a compact digital M. So says Die Welt, a reputable German newspaper. Click here for the original article in German or here for an unusually good Google translation. Many, citing technical obstacles and […]

Posted in Leica Compacts, Leica M9| 1 Comment