Category Archives: Other Leica Stuff

This iPhone app simulates Leica rangefinder

By LR admin | Published: August 22, 2012

   The iPhone app ViewFinder Classic ($0.99) recreates the experience of a Leica rangefinder camera on the iPhone. The application features a full-screen viewfinder with a set of frame lines for the classic 35mm and 50mm focal lengths. It offers a minimalist interface, with a shutter and an exposure setting button.

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Leica’s “Visual Gallery” during Photokina

By LR admin | Published: August 20, 2012

Leica Camera AG issued a press release in German language about their upcoming “Visual Gallery” during the Photokina exhibition in Cologne. Here is the computer translation:

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Leica related news/links

By LR admin | Published: July 28, 2012

The new Leica S case now shipping in the US. New leather half cases for Leica M cameras. Leica Camera has a special CLA deal for US M8/M8.2 owners:

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The Opening of Leica Mayfair, London (video)

By LR admin | Published: July 24, 2012

On 10 July 2012, Leica Camera Ltd. officially opened the doors to its brand new premises at 27 Bruton Place, Mayfair, London W1. Located opposite the Leica Store Mayfair, the new retail complex incorporates Café Optik on the ground floor, a complimentary café-style area for Leica owners. Here customers can seek advice and technical support […]

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Leica & Magnum Photos Present: Generation X – Werner Bischof in India and Japan

By LR admin | Published: July 19, 2012

Leica & Magnum Photos Present: Generation X – Werner Bischof in India and Japan from Leica Camera on Vimeo. In the 1950s Magnum created portfolios for “Generation X”. Every photographer was given a group project: the task of portraying the new generation in the country he was visiting. The selected individuals were each interviewed using […]

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Leica & FCDA – Anthony Suau (video)

By LR admin | Published: July 18, 2012

Leica & FCDA – Anthony Suau from Leica Camera on Vimeo. Photographer Anthony Suau talks about the Leica sponsored project “Facing Change: Documenting America” and how his involvement in it gave him a better understanding of how people from all different walks of life are being affected by the various issues of today: immigration, education, […]

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Leica Camera may move their stock listing to Hong Kong

By LR admin | Published: July 6, 2012

Leica Camera may consider listing their stock in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Economic Times reported. Alfred Schopf, Chief Executive Officer of Leica Camera AG, was cited as saying that the company will seek to strengthen its brand in the next three to five years following a stock delisting in Germany. He added that getting listed in […]

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