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Huawei announced Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro with dual Leica cameras

Huawei announced Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro smartphones with dual Leica cameras: “With the new Leica Dual Lens with f/1.6 aperture, you can easily take beautiful shallow depth of field pictures, crystal clear low-light photographs and blur-free shots of objects on the move. The 20MP monochrome sensor and 12MP RGB sensor with Optical Image […]

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Leica digest

    → The Leica multifunctional handgrip and the Ever-Ready case for M Type 240 camera are now $50 off. → Yevgeni Khaldei’s Leica camera goes on sale at Bonhams (he took the image of Russian troops hoisting the flag above the Reichstag in May 1945): Bonhams is to sell the Leica camera with which […]

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Andreas Kaufmann’s personal dream is a “true Leica phone”

In an interview with CNBC Andreas Kaufmann, chairman of Leica’s supervisory board, made some interesting comments on a potential future Leica (smart)phone: It gets a bit confidential, but you could think of this: Are two camera systems enough for a smartphone? And that could give you a hint into the future. I am not sure […]

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The Huawei P10 smartphone comes with a new Leica dual camera 2.0

The new Huawei P10 smartphone comes with a new Leica dual camera 2.0 (20MP monochrome sensor, 12MP RGB sensor and 8MP front camera): “The devices’ portrait features include precise 3D facial detection technology, dynamic illumination and portrait enhancements. A smart imaging algorithm applies studio-like re-lighting and beautifying effects to create radiant portraits. Using the new depth-of-field […]

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Leica digest

→ Vintage lens review: non-retrofocus ultra-wide-angle lenses. → The $2,000 off instant deal on select Leica M camera and lens combos now turned into a mail-in rebate at B&H. Adorama still offers the direct savings on their website. → Huawei announced the P10 and P10 Plus smartphones with Leica branded cameras.

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Huawei Mate 9 smartphone announced with dual-lens Leica camera

The previously rumored Huawei Mate 9 smartphone is now officially announced and it features a dual-lens Leica camera with “enhanced image fusion algorithms” for improved image quality (12MP f/2.2 with RGB sensor and 20MP f/2.2 monochrome sensor):

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Huawei Mate 9 smartphone will have dual 20MP Leica branded cameras

Here are the first pictures of the upcoming Huawei Mate 9 smartphone that will feature dual 20MP Leica branded cameras:

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Leica Camera and Huawei establish new R&D centre in Wetzlar

‘Max Berek Innovation Lab’ will conduct R&D in the fields of new optical systems, computational imaging, virtual reality and augmented reality  Wetzlar, Germany – 23 September 2016: HUAWEI and Leica Camera AG today announced that they have expanded their strategic collaboration with the establishment of a jointly operated research and innovation centre, the Max Berek […]

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