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His and hers Leica 50mm Summilux wedding rings

By LR admin | Published: May 30, 2011

From Tokyocamerastyle: custom made wedding rings that make up a miniature Leica 50mm Summilux lens on a miniature M3 body. His band is the focusing ring while hers is the aperture ring 🙂

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Another Leica M9-P close-up, will come in black as well

By LR admin | Published: May 29, 2011

In addition to chrome, the upcoming Leica M9-P will be available in black as well. You can see another close up of the chrome M9-P version on this twitpic from Seal (you can see part of the “M9-P’ engraving on the hot shoe). Here are the details. No Leica logo or M9 marking Classic Leica […]

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Westilicht Photographica Auctions report

By LR admin | Published: May 28, 2011

Here is a video of the winning 1.3 million EUR bid for the 1923 Leica 0-Serie camera: The next auction is scheduled for November 2011. The complete results of the auction can be found here (PDF file). Here is the official press release from Westilicht Photographica Auctions:

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New record: the most expensive Leica camera sold for 1.9 million USD

By LR admin | Published: May 28, 2011

Update: the video of the winning bid and a detailed report from the auction can be found here. Today at Westilicht Photographica Auctions a Leica 0-Serie Nr.107 (1923) camera sold for 1.3 million EUR (1.9 million USD). The opening bid was 200,000 EUR with an estimated price of 350,000-450,000 EUR. AP reports that the camera went to a […]

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Leica M9 Titanium limited edition for MSRP on eBay

By LR admin | Published: May 27, 2011

This used Leica M9 Titanium limited edition (2211 shutter actuations) is currently for sale on eBay for $26,999.00 which is basically the MSRP. Other M9T cameras range between $32k-$43k on eBay.

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Leica V-Lux 30 samples and pre-order options

By LR admin | Published: May 26, 2011

The new Leica V-Lux 30 is now in stock at Amazon (?): Adorama is also taking pre-orders. More photo and video samples are available from Fotopolis and LeicaInNederland:

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“From Past, Present to Future” Leica + Magnum event in Paris on June 21st

By LR admin | Published: May 26, 2011

The upcoming Leica M9-P camera will be announced on June 21st, 2011 (+/- 1 day based on your location). Leica Camera and Magnum Photos announced a technological and photographic collaboration earlier this year. See also the related video “Leica & Magnum: Past Present Future“.

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