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Leica canceled Schmidt Marketing after 60 years

  This is a post by a reader on Leica canceling Schmidt Marketing in Asia after 60 years: So here’s a piece of dated but important news that’s worth sharing. Back in late November 2016, Leica announced that it’s not renewing the contract with Schmidt Marketing, which has been distributing and servicing Leica products in the […]

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Voigtlander Heliar Vintage Line 50mm f/3.5 VM lens for Leica M mount review

General Ever since Voigtlander announced their Heliar Vintage Line 50mm f/3.5 VM full frame lens for Leica M mount ($529), I was curious to try it out and when I had the opportunity to shoot with it for a few days, I jumped right to it. This lens uses a unique historical design to match some […]

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Leica UK to host “Jim Marshall: Jazz Festival” at Mayfair

Leica UK to host ‘Jim Marshall: Jazz Festival’ at Mayfair 17 – 28 March 2017 Leica Mayfair, 27 Bruton Place, London W1J 6NQ Leica UK has announced Jim Marshall: Jazz Festival: a new exhibition at its Mayfair studio, which will be open to the public from 17-28 March. Featuring images from one of the most […]

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Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) 9.9, Lightroom CC 2015.9 released with Leica M10 support

Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) 9.9 is now released with support for the Leica M10 camera: DNG converter 9.9 download links: Win | macOS) Update: Adobe Lightroom CC 2015.9 was also released (download info, see also this page).

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Leica M10 half cases

     → Arte di Mano are now already selling their new Leica M10 half cases.      → M&K Kamera M10 leather half case are available in black and brown.      → New half case for Leica M10 with battery and SD card access from Kenjileather (available also on eBay). → The original Leica half case is available in 3 different […]

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Leica photography classes and workshops

Here are some of the latest Leica photography classes and workshops offered by the Leica Store Miami: Leica workshops in Miami Leica destination workshops: For more classes, visit the Leica Akademie USA website. In Germany, you can see the classes offered by Meister Camera:

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The Huawei P10 smartphone comes with a new Leica dual camera 2.0

The new Huawei P10 smartphone comes with a new Leica dual camera 2.0 (20MP monochrome sensor, 12MP RGB sensor and 8MP front camera): “The devices’ portrait features include precise 3D facial detection technology, dynamic illumination and portrait enhancements. A smart imaging algorithm applies studio-like re-lighting and beautifying effects to create radiant portraits. Using the new depth-of-field […]

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