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Leica at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

By LR admin | Published: September 9, 2010

LEICA CAMERA AT MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK On-Site Leica Specialists Available to Loan-Out the S2 & M9 WHO: Leica Camera Inc. will be offering fashion press and photographers at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week the opportunity to experience the renowned Leica S2 and Leica M9 professional-grade cameras. Leica product specialists will be on-site at a dedicated booth located […]

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Leica X1 Black Embossed Ostrich Limited Edition

By LR admin | Published: September 7, 2010

After the first limited edition “Le Mans”, Leica will release a new X1 limited edition in Japan with black leather embossed ostrich. Only 80 pieces will be produced and the price will be around 230,000 yen or USD 2,400: Via DCwatch

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Leica announces second North American road show

By LR admin | Published: September 7, 2010

Update: sign up for the North American road show will begin Friday, September 10th, 2010. After a successful first round, today Leica announced a second North American road show. Press release: LEICA CAMERA ANNOUNCES SECOND NORTH AMERICAN ROAD SHOW Leica will host M-System and X1 Camera experiential seminars in 20 North American Cities Allendale, NJ (September 1, 2010) […]

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Leica acknowledges development of new system camera (R-solution)

By LR admin | Published: September 6, 2010

Echenique.com published a letter sent by Leica to a customer regarding the future of the Leica R lenses: “We are fully aware that you like to use your valuable R lenses on a digital Leica body in a adequate way. This need has been integrated into the development of new camera systems. We kindly ask […]

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The First Leixpo 2011 – The Leica Event You Don’t Want to Miss

By LR admin | Published: August 31, 2010

Press Release: The First Leixpo 2011 – The Leica Event You Don’t Want to Miss. West Palm Beach, FL (August 29th, 2010) – The first Leixpo event will take place on February 12th, 2011 from 9:00 am till 7:00 pm. at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre located in downtown West Palm Beach. The facility has […]

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Lightroom 3.2 released with Leica S2 support

By LR admin | Published: August 31, 2010

Lightroom 3.2 is now available with improved color and noise profiles for the Leica S2.

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Leica has not stopped making film cameras (rerun)

By LR admin | Published: August 27, 2010

I am not sure why, but several websites are covering again the article from the Japanese magazine Asahi Camera (June 20th issue) which states that Leica has stopped producing film cameras. As I mentioned two months ago, this statement probably got lost in translation. Here is again the official answer I got from Christian Erhardt (Vice President […]

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