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SanDisk cards on sale (CF & SD)

By LR admin | Published: March 22, 2009

SanDisk 2 GB Extreme III Compact Flash (CF) Memory Card – Pack of Five for $49.95 (free shipping). SanDisk 2 GB, Extreme III Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card – Pack of Five for $49.95 (free shipping). No rebates, free shipping, while supply last.

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Leica CF-22 Flash in stock alert

By LR admin | Published: March 19, 2009

The Leica CF-22 flash for the Leica D-Lux 4 was expected to be available February 2009 and now is in stock in some retailers: Amazon B&H Adorama (currently out of stock) Here are two pictures of the flash unit mounted on the D-Lux 4: picture 1 and picture 2.

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Viewfinder and flash at the same time (D-Lux 4)

By LR admin | Published: March 18, 2009

This Panny has the Voigtlander 28/35 mini-finder and the lens cap mod. The point of this post @dpreview was to show that the flash can be used simultaneously with the viewfinder – same is valid for the Leica D-Lux 4.

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Leica R10 – available Summer 2010

By LR admin | Published: March 17, 2009

Part of an email I received yesterday (I took the first portion of the email away to protect the identity of the reader): “… who has close ties with Leica says the R10 digital is confirmed for Summer 2010. It will be with AF, and be accompanied by new lenses of course because the R […]

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Leica S2 price = USD 7297?

By LR admin | Published: March 16, 2009

Too low to be true in my opinion, but a Latvian website has the Leica S2 listed for 3999.00 Ls (=USD 7297). Leica has not officially announced the S2 price yet, but I know one thing – if this is the real price, they will sell a lot of S2.

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Another Leica D-Lux 4 mod: Ricoh DW-6 19mm Wide Conversion Lens

By LR admin | Published: March 14, 2009

Somebody @ dpreview attached the Ricoh DW-6 19mm Wide Conversion Lens to a Leica D-Lux 4 with a simple step down filter. The author claims that the tests photos were “sharp enough also at the extreme corner shooting in 16:9 format”. Here is a picture of the D-Lux 4 with the Ricoh DW-6: Update (posted as […]