Leica Camera AG announces resignation of Leica Camera Ltd Managing Director, David Bell Wetzlar, Germany, 17 July 2014: Leica Camera AG announced today that David Bell has resigned as Managing Director of Leica Camera Ltd in the UK after eight transformational years for the brand. Commercial Director Jason Heward was named General Manager, effective immediately.
Oskar Barnack Award Winner 2014 Martin Kollar takes us behind the scenes of his winning portfolio “Field Trip.” The photos of the Field Trip portfolio were shot in the context of the project entitled The Places, a dossier about Israel and the West Bank on which Martin Kollar worked together with 12 other internationally acclaimed […]
The theme of Leica’s photo exhibition at the Photokina show this year will be music and will include work from internationally renowned photographers:
DENVER, July 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ –Exclusive Resorts®, today unveiled its new Leica on Loan program with Leica Camera, the industry’s most iconic and revolutionary camera brand, providing guests with complimentary access to Leica’s full line of cameras and sport optics to use while on vacation in one of the Club’s 300+ villas spanning 75 destinations.
This video shows the winners and finalists’ portfolios for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2014. Thousands of entries were received from all over the world. The video and awards were presented on July 9 during Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie photography festival held in Arles, France.
There is a new MS Optical Perar 24mm f/4 super wide lens for Leica M mount. The lens can be purchased from japanexposures.com for ¥63,900 (around $625, currently out of stock). Here are the key features:
The Leica Visoflex electronic viewfinder ($595) for the new Leica T camera is based on the Epson Ultimicron EVF which offers 2.36-million dot resolution:
