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Leica C-Lux 20

By LR admin | Published: April 6, 2010

The latest rumor: in the next 30 days Leica will release a new point and shoot camera that will be based on the Panasonic ZS7 model (Leica will create its own housing for the new camera). The rumored model name will be Leica C-Lux 20. This is not really a surprise, since the Leica C-Lux 3 model has […]

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Reduced Leica prices in Canada

By LR admin | Published: April 5, 2010

An update on the latest Leica news: Leica prices in Canada dropped due to the strong Canadian dollar. The new price for the M9 in Canada is now 7195.00 CAD. Seen on eBay: LTM M39 Lens to LEICA M Camera (50-75mm) adapter with 6 bit for Leica M8/M9.

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Compressed Leica M9 DNG photos on Apple’s iPad: “snappy”

By LR admin | Published: April 4, 2010

I was curious to see how the new iPad from Apple will handle compressed DNG files from the M9. I transferred 84 photos (each 18.3MB in size) via iTunes and the results are illustrated in the video below – I did not see any delay rendering the pictures whatsoever. The iPad has a 9.7-inch, 768×1024 […]

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Leica Freedom Train

By LR admin | Published: April 3, 2010

More about the Leica Freedom Train: Leica helped Jews flee Nazis: fresh evidence uncovered “Ernst Leitz Optische Werke Wetzlar” short film directed by Oskar Barnack (1932). From the description: “A portrait of the Leitz factory. Following a view of Wetzlar and the Leitz factory from Kalsmunt, the film introduces several departments of the company: milling, engraving, lens […]

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New technology from Kodak could be used in the next Leica M10 rangefinder

By LR admin | Published: April 1, 2010

Read all about the new technology developed by Kodak at kodak.com. Full explanation of the new technology with video and illustrations available here. The word on the street is that Leica engineers were at  the heart of this research and have made huge contribution to this invention with various product test samples from Germany.  Of […]

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It’s April 1st…

By LR admin | Published: April 1, 2010
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B&H taking Leica M9 pre-orders again

By LR admin | Published: March 31, 2010

Every time B&H lists the M9 as “available for pre-order” is an indication that they are expecting a shipment. Few readers have emailed me in the past that they got their M9 this way with minimum waiting:

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