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Update: Leica lenses price increase

By LR admin | Published: December 1, 2010

In addition to the $400 price hike for the Leica MP and M7 cameras, the following lenses will also have a price increase: Leica M 24mm / f3.8 ASPH (E46) will get a $100 price increase. Adorama and Amazon still have the old prices Most S lenses (some of them not yet available) will get an aprox. […]

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If you hurry, you can still get a Leica MP or M7 before a $400 price hike

By LR admin | Published: December 1, 2010

I just confirmed with Leica and B&H that the MP and M7 cameras will now cost $4,995 in the US ($400 price increase)S : If you hurry, you can still get a black MP at Adorama for the old price of $4,595. A black M7 is also still available for the old price. Amazon currently […]

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Leica’s student/educator program is now discontinued in the US and Canada

By LR admin | Published: December 1, 2010

Leica Camera Inc. is discontinuing the Leica Student/Educator Program with immediate effect. Leica Camera Inc. will honor all written pre-approved applicants who have not received their ordered products yet. No new orders will be accepted under the Leica Student/Educator Program. The program was available in the US and Canada.

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Guest post: 111.5 miles through Glacier National Park with a 200-400mm Nikon lens and a Leica M9

By LR admin | Published: December 1, 2010

I’m Chris Peterson, editor and publisher of Glacier Park Magazine, an ad-free quarterly magazine of Glacier National Park, a million-acre wildlife preserve in Northwest Montana. The Park celebrated its 100th birthday in 2010 and in commemoration of that birthday I did a 100-mile hike in the Park, from the southern end to the north end […]

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How to “Leica-ify” a cheap p&s camera

By LR admin | Published: November 30, 2010

Before: After: Full step-by-step instruction are available at instructables.com. Via cnet

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The only Leica promotion this holiday season

By LR admin | Published: November 29, 2010

As previously reported, Leica is offering a V-Lux 20 mail-in promotion for a free limited edition brown Leica leather case valued at $125 and a Leica leather SD card holder valued at $35. The promotion is valid in the US only and will expire on December 31, 2010. You can take advantage of this deal […]

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Leica M9 dream kit now “only” $24k

By LR admin | Published: November 28, 2010

The “Leica M9 dream kit” was selling for $32k two weeks ago. Some of the lenses are gone and now the price is “only” $23,999.00. Offers are still accepted.

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