Few days ago I received an email from AppCam where the founder Jürgen Habenstein claims that he presented the AppCam OS to Leica Camera, but the company was not interested in implementing their touchscreen OS solution (which at that stage I believe is just a prototype). Two years later, Leica announced their T mirrorless camera with a similar […]
I have been on the road in the past few days and will be catching up on the latest Leica related news in the next few hours. The 2014 LHSA raffle is now open to both members and non-members. You ca win a Leica T system or a Leica M camera body:
Leica Camera announced new “Leica branded” soft release buttons and 32GB SD memory cards. The soft release buttons are with a painted brass finish and come in four different designs and two sizes (12mm and 8mm). They can also be worn as pins on jackets (see the attached pictured at the bottom of this post). Only 1,000 of those buttons will […]
A Leica Photographer on Being “Discovered” and Publishing FAIR WITNESS: Street Photography for the 21st Century by David Lykes Keenan David just launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish FAIR WITNESS. For more information and to support the campaign, click here. What is an emerging photographer — wait, I hate that expression. What is a rookie photographer […]
This guest post is by Roy James Shakespeare – check out his new e-book on the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower Show: A piece of cake Purchasing the 50mm Noctilux f/0.95 two years ago was a mammoth decision. Shortly after I thought, what an earth have I done. What a load of rubbish this lens was. […]
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