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Leica M9

By LR admin | Published: May 12, 2009

My Leica M9, originally uploaded by juicyrai. A funny Leica M9 hybrid picture (above) and a M9 rumor from rangefinderforum (below): “The M9 will have a target price as the same as the current M8.2 It will be at least 14-18MP There will be a special IR filter. Full Frame. Will be announced after Photokina […]

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Need your input

By LR admin | Published: May 12, 2009

Lately this blog has turn from a Leica Rumors to a general Leica blog. This is not necessary a bad thing. Leica rumors are not a daily occurrence, so I would like to know what do you think: What do you want LeicaRumors.com to be?(blog polls) and one more poll that will help me in […]

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Anthony Suau – Visual Nomad (video)

By LR admin | Published: May 11, 2009

Anthony Suau – Visual Nomad. from leica camera on Vimeo.

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Leica ads

By LR admin | Published: May 11, 2009

Similar to Nikon, Leica has done some cool advertisement for the Leica V-Lux 1 (click on images for high-res): And some more Leica ads that I found online (not sure if they were originally made by Leica): Of course there is also a book dedicated to Leica ads: Ads source: digitalcamerainfo, blameitonthevoices, monoscope

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I got my Leica D-Lux 4 custom grip

By LR admin | Published: May 10, 2009

The Leica D-Lux 4 custom grip that I wrote about few weeks ago is now available online from http://kleptography.com/rf/: For comparison, here is the original Leica D-Lux 4 grip which attaches to the bottom of the camera:

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Ebay madness: Leica M6 & R6 platinum

By LR admin | Published: May 10, 2009

Leica M6 Platinum for US $20,550.00: Leica R6 Platinum for US $20,550.00: Both for the same price – if money is not an issue, which one would you choose?

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Leica layoffs?

By LR admin | Published: May 9, 2009

Update: 34 employees were layoff by Leica Geosystem (source). Did Leica had a round of layoffs last week? I hope not. Does anyone know something about this?

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