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The new version of the Leica Lens Compendium book coming soon

By LR admin | Published: August 13, 2010

Erwin Puts announced today on his blog that the new version of the Leica Lens Compendium book will be coming soon: “My new version of the Leica Lens Compendium is almost ready. The first introductory chapter can be downloaded free in the download area. The book covers the history of the company from 1849 to […]

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Leica M9 in stock at Amazon (regular price)

By LR admin | Published: August 11, 2010

Amazon currently has two black and three steel grey Leica M9 in stock for a regular price:

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Photo attractiveness by camera make and class

By LR admin | Published: August 11, 2010

An interesting camera ranking made by Okcupid – they let people vote on different picture profiles and came out with some interesting results: Leica point and shoot cameras came on second place after Panasonic m4/3 and ahead of Canon, Pentax, Nikon and Sony DSLR. My explanation/guess – they probably included the Leica M8/M9 models in that point and shoot category.

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Leica X1 is the first compact camera included in the recommended list for submissions to Getty Images

By LR admin | Published: August 6, 2010

Update: Getty has confirmed to BJP that the Leica X1 is in fact approved for submissions to their image library. Leica X1 just made the list of “recommended for submissions to Getty Images” cameras . You can see the full list here. In addition to the Leica X1, the M8, M8.2 and M9 are also […]

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Leica M9 firmware version 1.138 is out

By LR admin | Published: August 6, 2010

Leica M9 firmware version 1.138 can now be downloaded from Leica’s website. Here is the list of improvements: Camera Performance: Improved compatibility of SDHC cards. Nevertheless, we recommend our customers the “Extreme III” cards from the leading brand “SanDisk”. Improved Auto White Balance in conditions with power saving lamps and tungsten light. Notice: The choice of […]

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Leica related links

By LR admin | Published: August 5, 2010

A short interview with Luigi Crescenzi from Leicatime. You can browse all currently available Luigi cases on eBay. Did you know that Konica produced M lenses? For example: the Konica 21-35/3.4-4. Some sample shots are available here. They also had a Hexanon 50mm and 60mm f/1.2. The Konica 21-35/3.4-4 goes for over $2000 on eBay. The Konica […]

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What to expect from Leica at Photokina 2010 (*updated*)

By LR admin | Published: August 3, 2010

Photokina is the biggest photography equipment show in the world and it takes place every two years in Cologne, Germany. For Leica Camera AG, this is their “home turf” – Solms is 150km/100miles away from Cologne. As Rudi Spiller mentioned on the last financial report, Leica has used Photokina to make some major announcements in the past: […]

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