Category Archives: Leica X

Leica X1 production decreased, M9 increased

By LR admin | Published: December 8, 2009

Kamera & Bild reports that Leica has decreased the production of the Leica X1 camera and increased the production of Leica M9. As mentioned in the article, new cameras sell best right after the official announcement and long waiting times could discourage some potential buyers (Google translation): “New models sell best in the beginning and one can therefore wonder whether […]

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Leica price increase

By LR admin | Published: November 24, 2009

Update: it seems that the price of the M9, X1 and S2 will stay unchanged, everything else will go up (including M lenses). I will try to get the complete list. 8% – 15% All Leica products will go up in price in the US starting January 2010. The expected price increase will be between 8% […]

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Leica related news/links

By LR admin | Published: November 19, 2009

This is a long post – a lot is going on in Leica’s world lately and I decided to put everything in one entry(make sure you click on the “Read More” link for the rest): Win a Leica X1 – contest at digitalcamerainfo.com. Leica announced a limited edition Ever Ready Case for its popular compact […]

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New Q&A session with Stefan Daniel from Leica

By LR admin | Published: November 16, 2009

Every line from this Q&A session is important, so instead of me rewriting it here just go to the l-camera-forum and read the original post.

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And another review worth reading (Leica X1)

By LR admin | Published: November 11, 2009

Luminous Landscape just posted online their Leica X1 filed review: “Image quality from the Leica X1 is exemplary. The quality of the sensor and the in-camera processing is as good as I’ve seen from just about any camera. In terms of overall IQ it puts every other small camera that I’ve ever worked with to […]

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Leica X1, Leica S2 samples and more

By LR admin | Published: November 5, 2009

Dpreview published their sample gallery of Leica X1 images – ISO 1600 looks really good and usable. New Leica S2 samples available here (from a live shooting during Leica Profi Day in Switzerland). PDN Gear Guide review of Leica M9 Jason Schneider, who has been covering Leica since the M2 was still in production, has […]

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Leica X1 production version is out for review

By LR admin | Published: November 2, 2009

Michael Reichmann from luminous-landscape is currently testing a production version of the Leica X1 and full report is expected next week. First picture taken with a production version X1 is available here.

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Leica X1 @ PDN PhotPlus Expo

By LR admin | Published: October 26, 2009

Last week I attended PDN PhotPlus Expo in New York (this explains the lack of new posts from the past few days). At the Leica booth I had the chance to get a detailed presentation of the new Leica X1. I expected the camera to be much bigger and heavier and I was pleasantly surprised to […]

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