Category Archives: Other Leica Stuff

Leica announces opening of extended premium retail facilities in Bruton Place, Mayfair

Café Optik and Leica Client Care now offering a unique, personal service as part of Leica Store Mayfair experience; discreet new studio open for professional photographers 17 May 2012:  Leica Camera Ltd has today announced the opening of its extended retail premises encompassing three buildings in Bruton Place, Mayfair, providing Leica customers with a range […]

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Record number of entries for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2012

This year Leica Camera AG reported a record number of entries for the 2012 Oskar Barnack award – so far there are 2,800 submissions from 101 different countries compared to 2000 entries for last year. The winners will be announced on 20 June 2012.

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New world record for the most expensive camera: 2,790,000 USD for Leica 0-Serie

At the May 12th WestLicht Photographica auction in Vienna, a new record was set for the most expensive camera in the world – this Leica 0-Serie camera with serial number 116 sold for 2,160,000 EUR (around 2,790,000 USD). The previous world record  was also for a Leica 0-Serie Nr.107 that sold for 1.3 million EUR (1.9 million USD) […]

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Black enamel Leica MP-126 sold for $158,000 at Tamarkin & Bertoldi Vintage Auctions

At the recent Tamarkin & Bertoldi Vintage Auctions, a black enamel Leica MP-126 with a 50mm Summicron lens sold for $130,000 plus commissions – a total of $158,000. The complete auction results can be found on tamarkin.com.  

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New Leica products available for pre-order

The new Leica products are now available for pre-order: Adorama Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M Aspherical lens Leica M9 Monochrom rangefinder Leica V-Lux 40 Leica X2 camera black Leica X2 camera silver B&H Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M Aspherical lens Leica M9 Monochrom rangefinder Leica V-Lux 40 Leica X2 camera black Leica X2 camera silver Leica X2 […]

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LEICA S-SYSTEM EXPANDED BY FIVE S-LENSES WITH CENTRAL SHUTTER

Solms, Germany (May 10, 2012) – Leica Camera AG is expanding the product range for the Leica S professional camera system with five new central shutter lenses, available from October 2012. The new models are the Leica Elmarit-S 30 mm f/2.8 ASPH. and Leica Summarit-S 35 mm f/2.5 ASPH. wide-angle lenses, the Leica Summarit-S 70 […]

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The official Leica announcement

This is what Leica announced today: Leica S-System Expanded By Five S-Lenses With Central Shutter: Available From October 2012 Leica Camera AG Expands The Leica S Professional Camera System: New Leica S-Adapter H Enables use of Hasselblad H Lenses on the Leica S2 Leica M Monochrom: The Future Of Black-And-White Photography New Leica Limited Editions: […]

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