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New firmware update coming for the Leica T type 701 camera, beta testers wanted

By LR admin | Published: September 10, 2014

The LUF is currently looking for beta testers for a new Leica T type 701 firmware update. The last Leica T firmware 1.1 was released in May, 2014.

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What is leica-fotopark.com?

By LR admin | Published: September 9, 2014

Doing some reverse whois and IP lookups, I came to the domain name leica-fotopark.com (currently offline) that was recently registered by Leica Camera AG. Could this be Leica’s new cloud service for storing photos that was mentioned by Dr. Kaufmann few months ago?

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Potential Leica D-Lux camera specifications (based on the upcoming Panasonic LX100)

By LR admin | Published: September 9, 2014

The new Leica D-Lux camera could be based on the rumored Panasonic LX100 model with the following specifications:

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Leica Camera and National Geographic present Adventure Germany with outdoor photographer Florian Wagner (video)

By LR admin | Published: September 9, 2014

Adventure Germany with Florian Wagner from Leica Camera on Vimeo. Leica Camera and National Geographic present Adventure Germany that features outdoor photographer Florian Wagner crossing Germany on horseback and flying back via helicopter.

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Leica M Edition 60 camera entry appears briefly on Leica’s German website

By LR admin | Published: September 8, 2014

For a short time, the official Leica website in Germany had a listing for a new “Leica M Edition 60” camera that I mentioned in my post yesterday. It seems that the no-LCD digital M is real and is going to be announced next week at Photokina. The Leica M-A camera that will replace the current […]

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All you need to know about the new products Leica is rumored to introduce at Photokina

By LR admin | Published: September 7, 2014

First, a quick disclaimer: I have no idea what Leica will announce at Photokina – I have collected the information in this post from previous rumors, leaks and interviews (this is an updated version of this post). Here it is, the big list of rumored/expected Leica products that will be announced at Photokina: Leica M […]

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Match Technical has new designs for their latest “O” series soft releases buttons

By LR admin | Published: September 4, 2014

Match Technical has released several new designs to their latest “O” series of soft releases buttons (named after the the rubber O-rings present at the bottom). For pricing and availability check Leica Store Miami and PopFlash.

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