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 […]
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 […]
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:
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.
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: […]
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 🙂
