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Top 10 LeicaRumors posts for November 2013

       These are the top 10 most visited LeicaRumors posts for November 2013: Leica M camera designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson for RED sold for $1.8 million Die Welt: “Leica’s nightmare is Sony” Leica T (701) camera without a rangefinder coming soon Jony Ive and Marc Newson on the one of a kind […]

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“Dummy” Leica M type 240 firmware update 2.0.0.12 released

Leica released a new “dummy” firmware update 2.0.0.12 for the M type 240 rangefinder, but you don’t have to really upgrade if you already have version 2.0.0.11:

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A Guide to Street Photography: Matt Stuart (video)

“Disappearing into the background is Stuart’s way of allowing funny and colorful scenes to unfold, uncontaminated by his presence. Shooting on a small camera is an essential part of the disguise. Although Stuart shoots digital for commercial commissions, his street photography is captured on a celluloid-format and entirely mechanical Leica MP.

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Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals on photo editing tools

Leica Camera doesn’t offer any discounts on Black Friday or Cyber Monday (or ever), so here are few deals on photo editing tools that might be of interest to Leica shooters: The entire Topaz Labs Complete Collection is now on sale for $199.99, which is almost 50% off the normal price of $379.99 (from November 28th through December […]

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Leica Camera at Art Basel in Miami

Leica Camera together with Miami Street Photography Festival have organized several photographic events during Art Basel in Miami next week: photography workshops, lectures, exhibitions with partners such as Leica Akademie, Leica Store Miami, ONA, Image Pro International, Art Media Studio, Hanhemuhle FineArt and Gramps Bar. The scheduled of events can be found at the MSPF, […]

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Leica Monochrom “Ralph Gibson” limited edition camera

Few days ago I mentioned about a new limited edition Leica Monochrom ‘Ralph Gibson’ camera that was announced in the Netherlands. Here is some additional information:

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Die Welt: “Leica’s nightmare is Sony”

Few weeks ago the German magazine Die Welt published an article called “Leica’s nightmare is Sony” where they discussed the new a7/a7r mirrorless full frame cameras from Sony (currently in stock at B&H). The only real similarities between a Leica M and Sony a7 are the full frame sensor, small body size and the ability to use Leica M lenses. […]

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