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Second free book about street photography

By LR admin | Published: August 29, 2011

Thomas Leuthard (85mm.ch) just published a second free book about street photography called Collecting Souls… What Street Photography means to me. Both books can be downloaded here as a PDF document.

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The latest Leica rumors

By LR admin | Published: August 28, 2011

Those are the latest Leica related rumors I have been receiving: I already mentioned that the next lens to be announced by Leica will be a new 50mm f/2.0 Summicron-M ASPH. A l-camera-forum member recently discovered a new lens code in the latest M9 firmware that is probably designated for the new 50mm Cron: “Since […]

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What’s new on eBay?

By LR admin | Published: August 28, 2011

What’s new on eBay? See the Leica eBay fFnds tab.

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Voigtländer Nokton 50mm f/1.1 lens hands-on video

By LR admin | Published: August 27, 2011
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Caught with a Leica

By LR admin | Published: August 27, 2011

Caught with a Leica: Scarlett Johansson | #2 Ben Stiller Christina Applegate Queen Elizabeth II Jennifer Connelly (from the movie Blood Diamond) Jennifer Love Hewitt Tayl0r Swift Brad Pitt | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 Penelope Cruz | #2 Eric Clapton Seal | #2 | #3 | #4 Jessica Lange Woody Allen James Dean Julia Reberts Thailand’s […]

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Panasonic announced new LX5 firmware

By LR admin | Published: August 26, 2011

Today Panasonic announced new firmware for their LX5 camera The main improvements are: Improved AF performance (up to 23% faster on the wide-end) New high ISO NR mode Improved auto white balance Active mode (Power O.I.S) New miniature mode effect Shutter speed limit extended to 250sec Improved shutter operation I expect that Leica will release […]

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Leica M “pistol holder”

By LR admin | Published: August 21, 2011

I was actually expecting holders like the one provided with the Leica M9 Titanium limited edition to hit the market right after the camera was announced last year. A reader just sent me a link to Wotancraft.com that makes just that – “Leica M pistol holder”: There are two different versions available: Hektor ($169) and […]

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