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Leica store opened in Paris

By LR admin | Published: October 6, 2009

For more info click here or here. Next week will be the official opening of the Leica store in West Palm Beach.

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Leica M9 hits US $7,999.00 on eBay

By LR admin | Published: October 1, 2009

This is a $500 price increase from last week and $1000 over MSRP. Here is the link:

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Medialink and Evins Communications Produce Global Campaign for Leica Camera AG

By LR admin | Published: October 1, 2009

Press release: Launch Generates Substantial Spike on Leica Web Site and Social Media Channels NEW YORK, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Medialink Worldwide Incorporated (www.medialink.com) and Evins Communications, Ltd. (www.evins.com) hosted a press conference and live video webcast for Leica Camera AG on September 9, 2009, broadcasting the debut of the LEICA M9, LEICA X1 and […]

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Leica D-Lux 4 firmware update: late October

By LR admin | Published: October 1, 2009

This is coming from Leica UK: “We understand Panasonic has withdrawn this update due to some bugs and will start again on October 20th. Leica will then issue an update later in October. Do not use the Panasonic firmware in the Leica camera.” Source

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Luminous Landscape’s Leica M9 Review

By LR admin | Published: October 1, 2009

Leica’s Latest and Greatest in The City of Light: “At the risk of sounding sexist, owning and working with an M Leica is like being involved with a very beautiful and intelligent woman that sometimes makes you a bit crazy with her demands. Frustrating yes, but overall more than worth the effort involved.”

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Leica Summilux 35mm update

By LR admin | Published: September 30, 2009

I received a tip that Leica may be introducing an updated version of the current Summilux 35mm lens model.

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Leica D-Lux 4 firmware update 2.0

By LR admin | Published: September 29, 2009

As you probably already know, Panasonic updated the firmware version on its LX3 model to 2.0 (more info and a list of fixes available here). Leica is also currently looking into a firmware update for the Leica D-Lux 4 camera. In order to maintain Leica’s high image quality, it is necessary to incorporate Leica’s special […]

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