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Leica announcements today!

By LR admin | Published: September 17, 2012

The event “LEICA – DAS WESENTLICHE” will start today at 7:00 pm CET (1:00 pm EST). Stay tuned for detailed coverage throughout the day. You can follow LeicaRumors on Twitter and Facebook. You can also get notifications via RSS and email.

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Leica news/links

By LR admin | Published: September 15, 2012

The second Leica M-9p Hermes set shipped few weeks ago. Only few pieces were available for the US market. Elliott Erwitt’s new book I mentioned few days ago is priced at $1,629.15 at Amazon. Koyote’s Baekga chosen as endorsement model for Leica Camera. What’s inside the Leica M4? Leica M Monochrom, part 2 by Erwin Puts. […]

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Rumor: Leica will introduce a new R lens adapter for the upcoming digital M rangefinder

By LR admin | Published: September 13, 2012

The Leica event “Das Wesentliche” will take place on September 17th (next Monday) in Cologne. The only update I have for now is that Leica will introduce a new M mount adapter for R lenses. If you still have your R glass, soon you will be able to use it on the upcoming Leica M rangefinder (may […]

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Leica M9 and M9-P cameras now with up to $1,500 discount

By LR admin | Published: September 13, 2012

After the first price reduction, the Leica M9 and M9-P cameras are now further discounted on amazon.com: Leica M9 (black) now $5,999 Leica M9 (steel grey) now $5,999 Leica M9-P (silver chrome) now $6,499 Leica M9-P (black) now $6,499  

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Leica presents “Personal Best for Leica” by Elliott Erwitt

By LR admin | Published: September 12, 2012

Elliott Erwitt will be part of Leica’s “Visual Gallery” in Photokina. From October 12 the “Personal Best for Leica” collection will be on display at various Leica galleries parallel with his new book “Elliott Erwitt XXL Special Edition” (update: the price of the book on Amazon is now set to $1,629.15): Here is the full press release (Google translation): Solms (ots) – The renowned American Magnum […]

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Leica D-Lux 6 and Leica V-Lux 4 images

By LR admin | Published: September 12, 2012

The upcoming Leica D-Lux 6 and V-Lux 4 cameras are exactly what you would expect them to be. The new models are based on the Panasonic LX7 and FZ200 cameras and will probably be announced on September 17th, 2012. The expected specs are:

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This is the MS Optical Sonnetar 50mm f/1.1 MC lens

By LR admin | Published: September 10, 2012
MS-Optical Sonnetar 50mm f1.1 MC lens

Some additional details on the new MS Optical Sonnetar 50mm f/1.1 MC lens for Leica M mount and is now accepting pre-orders at ¥65,000 (around $830): “It has a 2 layer multicoating on Tantalum glass. The German made iris is smooth with no click stops. It is a circular centre 14 blade iris, which should make […]

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