Category Archives: Leica M

Leica M digital rangefinder

What can you buy for $140,579.00?

By LR admin | Published: September 28, 2008

Got some spare cash laying around? Get a Leica from ebay: Leica M7 big Set Sebastiao Salgado for US $140,579.00 You will also have to pay another $42 for shipping. For that price, I would expect the shipping to be included. Thanks for the link L.

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Leica M8 firmware updated

By LR admin | Published: September 28, 2008

Leica has an M8 firmware update: it contains Auto ISO and SDHS support. The update can be downloaded here.

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New Leica’s available for pre-order (updated)

By LR admin | Published: September 22, 2008

Adorama takes pre-orders: Leica C-Lux 3 Leica D-Lux 4 Leica M8.2 B&H has only “wish list” for now (available in October): Leica C-Lux 3 Leica D-Lux 4

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UK site preparing to sell Leica M8.2

By LR admin | Published: September 13, 2008

The price will be £3990: http://www.rglewis.co.uk/LEICA/M/Leica_M8.2/Leica_M8.2.htm You can see the camera on Monday? It’s not even officially announced yet.

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Leica Official press release leaked – Leica M8.2 & lenses

By LR admin | Published: September 11, 2008

The official release should be on the 15th of September.

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Putting all the pieces together: Leica @ Photokina 2008

By LR admin | Published: September 11, 2008

After the Noctilux lens rumor, I went back to my “rumors archive” and came across this post in dpreview (dated July 17, 2008): “The M9 will come next year with FF chip. Photokina will bring a Noctilux 0.95 and a compact Leica “Allah” CM/Cl. They also plan to ride the M8 $1750 upgrade train until […]

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Leica M8.2

By LR admin | Published: September 4, 2008

Specifications LEICA M8 (LEICA M8.2) Camera type: Compact digital camera viewfinder system for professional use with Leica M lenses. Microprocessors-controlled metal blade focal plane shutter. Image sensors: Low-noise CCD sensor specially optimized for the requirements of the M lens system. Pixels: 10.3 million. Dimensions: 18 mm x 27 mm. Extension factor: 1.33 x. Aspect ratio […]

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