Category Archives: Leica Compacts

Leica at Photokina coverage from around the web

By LR admin | Published: September 21, 2010

Leica @ Photokina 2010 pictures Full V-Lux 2 and D-Lux press releases Gizmodo (V-Lux 2, D-Lux 5). Leica Design Preview Event coverage by David Farkas. New firmware is being worked on for the Leica X1 (via @David_Farkas). Leica D-Lux 5 test shots. Leica V-Lux 2 test shots. Three new videos: Leica M9 Titanium unveiling:

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Leica D-Lux 5, V-Lux 2 and a black X1 announced

By LR admin | Published: September 20, 2010

Engadget has many pictures of the new Leica products. Full press releases after the break:

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You can see the Leica V-Lux 2 details in the latest NaturFoto magazine

By LR admin | Published: September 20, 2010

The details of the new V-Lux 2 camera can be found in the latest NaturFoto magazine – look for the October, 2010 issue (#10) of NaturFoto, page 11.

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Leica to announce new products on September 21st

By LR admin | Published: September 16, 2010

Leica is expected to announce new products on September 21st, the first day of Photokina. The biggest photography fair opens doors at 10:00 am CET (4:00 am US Eastern time). I will be covering the announcements on LeicaRumors. If you are going to Photokina, you can send me any Leica related visuals (pictures, videos) and I will post them […]

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For Photokina: Leica D-Lux 5, V-Lux 2 and a Titanium M9 kit

By LR admin | Published: September 12, 2010

Time to update my previous list of Leica expectation for Photokina. The folowing three products will be released for sure: Leica D-Lux 5 with optional EVF Leica V-Lux 2 will be based on the Panasonic Fz100 Titanium Leica M9 with a special version of the 35/1.4 asph lens (initially reported a month ago). The kit will also come with […]

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In addition to D-Lux 5, Leica will release another Panasonic based compact camera at Photokina

By LR admin | Published: September 12, 2010

Based on previous release patterns, a new Leica D-Lux 5 is pretty much guaranteed to be released for Photokina. In addition, Leica is excepted to introduce a second Panasonic based camera with a fixed lens. The rumor is that this camera will be a high-end model, but there is no reference which Panasonic version will be used as a base. Looking at […]

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Rumor: Leica M9 Titan by the end of the year

By LR admin | Published: August 18, 2010

The rumor is that a new Leica M9 Titan will be released by the end of the year, most probably as a limited edition. It is possible that this would be the M9 related announcement at Photokina. The Leica M9 Titan will be sold as a kit with a lens (not sure which one) for […]

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Photo attractiveness by camera make and class

By LR admin | Published: August 11, 2010

An interesting camera ranking made by Okcupid – they let people vote on different picture profiles and came out with some interesting results: Leica point and shoot cameras came on second place after Panasonic m4/3 and ahead of Canon, Pentax, Nikon and Sony DSLR. My explanation/guess – they probably included the Leica M8/M9 models in that point and shoot category.

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