Category Archives: Other Leica Stuff

Leica Camera AG is now 100% privately owned

By LR admin | Published: October 3, 2012

The main shareholders now own all shares of Leica Camera AG. The company shares are no longer traded at the  Frankfurt Stock Exchange:

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Adobe Lightroom 4.2, Camera Raw 7.2 released with support for some of the latest Leica products

By LR admin | Published: October 3, 2012

Adobe released Lightroom 4.2 (download links: Mac|Windows), Camera Raw 7.2 and DNG converter 7.2 (Mac|Windows) with support for the new Leica S, D-LUX 6, V-LUX 4 and the following lenses:

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New Leica books

By LR admin | Published: October 1, 2012

There is a new version of Leica: Witness to a Century book that will start shipping later this month. Leica Camera book is described as “high quality content by Wikipedia articles“. Erwin Puts announced his latest book called Leica Chronicle. A sample PDF with a few pages from the book can be downloaded here.

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Leica to get delisted from the stock exchange

By LR admin | Published: September 20, 2012

Leica Camera AG settled with their last two minority shareholders after they set a cash compensation for squeeze-out. As a result, the company will be delisted form the stock exchange. With this, Leica will become a “privately owned” entity and will no longer be traded on the stock exchange. Leica’s CEO Alfred Schopf said that this will […]

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Leica Das Wesentliche event video

By LR admin | Published: September 18, 2012

Video of the Leica – Das Wesentliche event is already available online.

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The new Leica X2 digiscoping adapter

By LR admin | Published: September 17, 2012

NEW: LEICA X2 DIGISCOPING-ADAPTER Solms, Germany (September 17, 2012) – Leica Camera presents the Leica X2 Digiscoping-Adapter, a new accessory in their digiscoping program that enables the attachment of Leica X2 cameras to the Leica APO-Televid 82 and APO-Televid 65 spotting scopes. The combination of high-performance digital technology and the optical excellence of the high-performance […]

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Breaking: new Leica products

By LR admin | Published: September 17, 2012

LEICA S: The synthesis of optimum imaging quality, perfect handling and outstanding speed LEICA SUPER-ELMAR-S 24 MM F/3.5 ASPH.: New super-wide lens with outstanding optical properties LEICA ELPRO-S 180: Accessory close-up lens extends the working range of the LEICA APO-ELMAR-S 180 mm f/3.5 LEICA VARIO-ELMAR-S 30-90 MM F/3.5-5.6 ASPH.: The first zoom lens for the […]

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