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Events at the Leica Store SoHo in NYC during the 2018 PhotoPlus Expo

By LR admin | Published: October 13, 2018

Here is a list of events at the Leica Store SoHo in NYC during the 2018 PhotoPlus Expo (October 25-27, 2018):

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Leica at the 2018 Photokina show

By LR admin | Published: September 10, 2018

Leica is scheduled to have a press conference on September 25th (Photokina Media Preview Day). The list of rumored Leica cameras and lenses can be found here. The Leica booth will be located in hall 2.2:

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Max Pinckers and Mary Gelman awarded top honors at the 2018 Leica Oskar Barnack Awards

By LR admin | Published: September 6, 2018

Max Pinckers and Mary Gelman Awarded Top Honors at the 2018 Leica Oskar Barnack Awards The Belgian and Russian photographers stood out among 2,500 entries from 110 different countries September 6, 2018 — The winners of this year’s established and internationally acclaimed Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) photographic competition have been chosen. In the main […]

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Interesting: Leica Geosystems and DJI to develop new Leica Aibot drone for aerial surveys that takes only Sony cameras

By LR admin | Published: July 17, 2018

Leica Geosystems teamed up with DJI to develop a new Leica Aibot drone for aerial surveys. Interestingly, the new Leica drone is compatible only with Sony cameras (why not the Leica SL/TL?): Here is the full press release:

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Additional information on  Leica Camera’s new interactive multi-content campaign ‘Illuminated’

By LR admin | Published: June 12, 2018

Some additional information on  Leica Camera’s new interactive multi-content campaign ‘Illuminated’, where seven photographers will each travel to a city previously unknown to them with a Leica Q camera. Each photographer has been tasked to discover the city, its people and culture, and to document what they see from new angles and perspectives. The Leica […]

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2018 Leica Oskar Barnack Award: 12 finalists chosen

By LR admin | Published: June 9, 2018

‘LEICA OSKAR BARNACK AWARD’: THE TWELVE FINALISTS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN The twelve finalists of this year’s Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) have been chosen. The complete portfolios from the categories ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award’ and ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer’ can now be viewed at www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com. Around 2,500 photographers from a total of 110 different […]

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The last phase of Leitz Park is now completed, the official opening is next week together with new product(s) introduction

By LR admin | Published: June 7, 2018

The last construction phase of Leitz Park is now completed. You can visit the new building complex on Sunday, June 17th. I think the official opening will happen a few days before that, together with the announcement of the rumored Leica C-M mirrorless camera and possibly a few other new products (see the full list of expected […]

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Leica Akademie expands internationally

By LR admin | Published: May 26, 2018

The newly founded Leica Akademie has expanded internationally – see the details here. The full press release can be found after the break:

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