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Leica M Monochrom

Leica links from around the Web

→ If you have already purchased the “Work your Leica M” e-book from blurb, you can now download also the PDF file for free. More details on how to do this can be found here. → The Leica store in Berlin is selling an unusual Monochrom camera with a red dot (€9,800/$13,500). They also have a Monochrome prototype […]

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The Leica Monochrom “Ralph Gibson” camera priced at €21K is sold out

The limited edition Leica Monochrom “Ralph Gibson“ camera is (was) priced at 21,000 Euros (around $28,000). A total of 35 units were produced and my understanding is that they all sold out very quickly, just like any other Leica special edition model. Additional images:

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Leica M Monochrom on The Daily Show

The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook Just a brief Leica M Monochrom appearance on The Daily Show. Update: Jeff Garlin did it today also on the Today Show – he had his Leica M Monochrom with him and he briefly talked about it. Clever product placement or just a […]

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Ralph Gibson: book release event “Mono” (video)

Ralph Gibson’s new book “MONO”, which features images taken with the Leica M Monochrom, was released on December 11 at the Leica Store Lisse. Also announced at the event was the exclusive, limited edition Leica M Monochrom “Ralph Gibson”.

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Leica Monochrom “Ralph Gibson” limited edition camera

Few days ago I mentioned about a new limited edition Leica Monochrom ‘Ralph Gibson’ camera that was announced in the Netherlands. Here is some additional information:

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Platinum palladium printing with Leica M Monochrom

Manuel Gomes Teixeira, photographer and platinum palladium printer, usually uses traditional methods with photographic film in medium and large format cameras. Invited by the exclusive distributor of Leica cameras in Portugal, he tested the Leica Monochrom. The high quality files, showing a rich tonal range, adapted very well to Platinum printing. You can read more about […]

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Firmware 1.002 for Leica Monochrome released

Leica Camera released firmware update 1.002 for the Leica Monochrome rangefinder. The improvements are: Bugfix to improve stability in “Discreet”-Mode Linguistic improvements in French, Italian Improved stability when the camera is connected to USB

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Leica M-Monochrom Soul (video)

This commercial video was created in Brazil by FNazca / Saatchi & Saatchi for the launch of the M-Monochrom camera in the Leica Store in São Paulo. Please watch in HD/full screen. Update: the original video on Vimeo was removed and I uploaded another version from YouTube. Update #2: Leica Camera AG confirmed to me that this […]

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