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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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Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux Asph lens (silver) now in stock

By LR admin | Published: March 30, 2010

Here is the link – this will not last long. The good news is that this lens started to show up lately in several stores – hopefully, the long wait time is over.

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Under 5% of Leica sales are film cameras (M7 & MP)

By LR admin | Published: March 28, 2010

Update: in the UK Leica film cameras make 6% of total sales (source). This percentage was given by Leica’s US CEO Roger Horn in an interview with NorthJersey.com: “Q: What percent of your sales are film cameras? A: The film cameras are running under 5 percent.” The second piece of interesting information from this interview: […]

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DIY: Leica II digicam

By LR admin | Published: March 27, 2010

Full instructions with pictures on how to fit a Sony DSC-WX1 digital camera in a Russian Leica copycat are available here (in English). At least they did not destroy a real Leica 🙂

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Leica M8 firmware update in early May

By LR admin | Published: March 25, 2010

I received a tip that the next Leica M8 firmware update will be released in early May, 2010. My understanding is that this will be the last firmware update for the M8 model – as far as I remember Stefan Daniel mention that in one of the Leica videos when the M9 was introduced last year.

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