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LFI magazine: “Leica will soon be presenting novelties in a variety of product categories”

Last week I mentioned about the small excerpt in the latest LFI magazine about upcoming new products from Leica. I just received the English language LFI issue and the text is even more interesting, indicating multiple new products: “Leica will soon be presenting novelties in a variety of product categories“ The next LFI magazine will be […]

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Two videos

Q&A with Jonathan Mannion on the Leica blog:

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Probably the last Leica M9 Titanium camera available now for sale

Since the last time I covered it, the price of this (probably last) Leica M9 Titanium limited edition camera on Amazon went down from $35k to $28k which is slightly more than the original price of $26,500.

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The design of Leica Super Elmar M 21mm f/3.4 ASPH lens was slightly changed

The above picture of the new Leica Super Elmar M 21mm f/3.4 ASPH lens ($2,995.00) is from the day it was announced. The current picture of the same lens on Leica’s website  has a slightly different design (bigger diameter just above the bayonet, ignore the lens hood):

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New firmware version 1.174 for Leica M9 released

Leica Camera released new firmware update v.1.174 for M9/M9-P cameras that should fix the SD card compatibility issues reported few months ago: Leica Camera has become aware of customers experiencing compatibility issues related to select types of new memory cards when used in the Leica M9. This Firmware 1.174 fixes a bug that led to […]

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Kodak sold its Image Sensor Solutions (ISS) business to Platinum Equity

A quick note that Kodak sold its Image Sensor Solutions (ISS) business to Platinum Equity. Kodak sensor are currently used in the Leica M9 / M9-P / S2 cameras. Press release:

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Leica to capture 1% of world camera market in 10 years

Just saw that on Bloomberg: Leica Camera aims to capture 1% of the global camera market within 10 years. Currently the company has 0.15% of the global camera market. China is expected to overtake the US as Leica’s biggest market in the next 5 years.

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