The 2015 Leica Oskar Barnack competition is now closed. A total of 1689 entries were received. You can see the 50 best entries for the main Oskar Barnack Award and the 20 best entries in the category Newcomer Award at leica-oskar-barnack-award.com. The winners will be announced in June, 2015.
Rocky Nook has published a new book “The Leica M Photographer” by Bertram Solcher. You can see the table of content and few sample pages on rockynook.com. The book is currently available for pre-order on Amazon, but I will be giving away a copy to one lucky LeicaRumors reader. This giveaway is open to anyone and is […]
The Leica Store in San Francisco uploaded close to 200 used Leica items to their online store, including two Hermes MP sets, a M7 Titanium set, many Leica M lenses, and few rare Leica R lenses. The full list of available used Leica gear is available here (PDF file). Additional information on used gear at the Leica Store San Francisco […]
This just in from LFI magazine: Today, Leica Camera AG have announced a revolutionary new camera model: the Leica Virgin. At the heart of the innovative new concept is the unprecedented design of the viewfinder, which always displays the exact image you would achieve with a lens of any given focal length. The viewfinder enables […]
Magazine B released this short documentary on the Leica brand:
An aerial video of Leitz Park, Leica Camera’s headquarters:
I came across this handmade wooden Leica camera at Foto Henny Hoogeveen’s Facebook page:
