Leica is planning to release another firmware update for the M9 to address some additional SD cards compatibility issues. The new update will probably address new SD cards that were announced after the last 1.176 firmware update. Some readers have reported problems with the SanDisk 64GB SDXC Extreme Pro Class 10 UHS-I card.
Those are the top 10 most visited LeicaRumors posts for May 2012: What to expect from Leica next week: M9-M, X2, 50mm Cron lens (updated) Coverage of Leica’s event in Berlin Leica M Monochrom: The future of black-and-white photography Leica M10 with video at Photokina, mirrorless interchangeable lens camera could be delayed New Leica products leaked (Leica […]
The Leica X2 EVF2 viewfinder is basically a rebranded Olympus VF-2. You cannot really tell from the press images, but the Leica and Olympus electronic viewfinders are identical and the Olympus VF-2 will work just fine on the new X2 camera. The only difference is that the Olympus VF costs $249, while the Leica VF costs […]
In a recent interview with Fujifilm CEO Shigetaka Komori, the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine reported that at one point Fujfilm considered acquiring Leica Camera AG (Google translation):
Here are the results from the who is buying the new Leica products poll:
Adobe released Lightroom version 4.1 with Leica M9 Monochrom, X2 and APO Summicron 50mm f/2 ASPH lens support. Download links: Windows | Mac.
I stopped by my local Leica store today and noticed that they already have the Leica M9-P Hermes edition in stock. This is the first of two available kits and comes with one silver-anodized Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH lens. Only 300 pieces will be produced worldwide. The second kit contains three lenses (Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH, Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH and […]
