Leica Camera AG released their financial results for the 1st quarter of the fiscal 2012/2013 year. The key numbers: Sales are down 0.8 % at € 71.7 million (corresponding period last year: € 72.3 million) Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) after the first quarter: € 15.3 million (corresponding period last year: € 16.5 million). The EBIT margin decreased thus […]
The first batch of Leica M Monochrome cameras are already shipping in Europe. US deliveries are expected to start at the end of August. The unboxing video is already online:
The Japanese designer Jay Tsijimura creates custom handmade jewelry for Leica cameras. The two different sets are made out of 925 silver and contain hot shoe cover and soft release button:
Leica has scheduled an exclusive event in Cologne on September 17th, 2012 (the day before the start of the Photokina 2012 show). The expectations are for a new Leica M10, S3, D-Lux 6, V-Lux 4 and maybe even a redesigned Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH and a new 28mm Summilux-M f/1.4.
Bruce Davidson: A Lifetime with Leica from Leica Camera on Vimeo. Renowned photojournalist and Magnum photographer Bruce Davidson has been acclaimed for over half a century for his searing images of street gangs, circus performers and the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, all captured with a remarkable directness, truth and power that transcends the […]
The new Leica M Monochrom is listed on B&H website with an expected availability of August 28, 2012. The camera was initially set to start shipping in late July 2012.
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