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Stolen: half a million dollars worth of Leica movie lenses

By LR admin | Published: December 11, 2013

$500,000 worth of Leica Summilux C cinema lenses were stolen from a movie set in Los Angeles. Here are the lens serial numbers:

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Leica cameras at the Revival Rare & Collectable Photographic Auction

By LR admin | Published: December 10, 2013

Another rare and collectable photographic auction will take place on December 28, 2013. Here are some of the Leica highlights:

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CityAM: Leica UK sees slower sales despite new camera launch

By LR admin | Published: December 9, 2013

This comes from cityam.com: “Leica Camera, which is owned by German parent company Leica AG and distributes cameras in the UK, reported a 12 per cent dip in turnover for the year ending March 2013, to £13m from £14.9m a year ago. This fed into a 16 per cent fall in gross profits and smaller profits […]

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CMOSIS, the maker of the Leica M 240 sensor, to be acquired by TA Associates

By LR admin | Published: December 9, 2013

CMOSIS, the maker of the Leica M 240 sensor, will be acquired by the global growth private equity firm TA Associates. No other details of the acquisition were provided. Here is the full press release:

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Results from the last Westlicht camera auction

By LR admin | Published: December 6, 2013

The results from the last Westlicht camera auction are now available online. Here are some additional details:

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Leica increases the value of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award for the Leica centennial in 2014

By LR admin | Published: December 5, 2013

Leica Camera AG, Solms, is celebrating 100 years of Leica photography in 2014. To celebrate the centennial, the company will be doubling the value of the cash prizes for the prestigious international photography competition, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Oskar Barnack, after whom the award is named, was the man who constructed the so-called Ur-Leica […]

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Leica cameras at the next Tamarkin auction

By LR admin | Published: December 5, 2013

Another Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction will take place this Sunday, December 8th at 10:00 am EST. Here are some of the Leica camera highlights (the full catalog can be downloaded here):

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