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New: Leica Pocket Book (8th Edition)

By LR admin | Published: May 3, 2012

The 8th edition of the Leica Pocket Book is now available and can be purchased from: Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon DE Amazon FR Amazon IT Amazon JP Amazon CA

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Top 10 LeicaRumors posts for April 2012

By LR admin | Published: May 2, 2012

Those are the top 10 most visited LeicaRumors posts for April 2012: Quick Leica M9 vs. Fuji X-Pro1 image comparison Leica X2 and one new M lens on May 10th? Using Leica M lenses on the Fuji X-Pro1 camera with the Kipon L/M-FX adapter Leica X2 with 18MP sensor, new 50 Summicron costs $1000 more, […]

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Rumor: Leica S3 with new sensor at Photokina

By LR admin | Published: May 1, 2012

This rumor comes from the French website lesnumeriques.com claiming that Leica will be releasing a new medium format SLR camera (S3?) during the Photokina 2012 show. The Leica S3 will feature a new medium format CMOS sensor produced by the European semiconductors manufacturer STMicroelectronics (Goole translation):

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Old Leica brochures

By LR admin | Published: May 1, 2012

Some old Leica brochure scans can be found on Photography Matters:

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Closer look at Leitz Park, the future headquarter of Leica Camera AG in Wetzlar

By LR admin | Published: April 30, 2012

Here is a closer look of the future Leica Camera AG headquarter in Wetzlar, Germany:

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Grand opening of the Leica Store in Washington DC

By LR admin | Published: April 30, 2012

The grand opening of the Leica Store in Washington DC will take place on May 2nd, 2012. Leica is offering three free M9 and S2 events on that date: Celebrate the opening of our Leica Store Washington DC. Join us on an M9 Walking Tour and the S-2 Studio Event on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 […]

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Some hard to find Leica M lenses in stock now

By LR admin | Published: April 26, 2012

More Leica M lenses started to appear in stock at various retailers, including the hard to get 21mm f/1.4 Summilux and 16-18-21mm Tri-Elmar: Leica Tri-Elmar 16-18-21mm/4 Leica Summilux 21mm/1.4 Leica Elmar 24mm/3.8 Leica Elmarit 28mm/2.8 Leica Summicron 35mm/2.0 Leica Summarit 35mm/2.5 Leica Summicron 50mm/2.0 Leica Summarit 50mm/2.5 Leica Summarit 75mm/2.5 Leica Macro-Elmar 90mm/4 Leica Summarit […]

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