Category Archives: Other Leica Stuff

The upcoming Fuji mirrorless camera resembles Leica M9

Based on the freshly leaked images, the upcoming Fuji mirrorless camera looks like a M9 rangefinder. The camera body and lens mount appear to be big enough to be full frame. The camera will be officially shown during the CES show in January 2012. Check PhotoRumors.com for more images.

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First Leica boutique to open in Sydney

A new Leica store will be opened in Sydney on November 24: “Foto Riesel has adopted a Great Gatsby twenties theme for the invitation-only launch, which takes place at the company’s Kent Street premises on November 24, 85 years after the first Leica camera went into production. Leica ambassadors John Laham and Craig Coverdale have […]

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“Everybody Street” documentary project looking for backers

The creator of the Everybody Street  documentary is looking for some support on kickstarter in order to complete the final phase of this project (only 4 days left): Update: the miovie is now available on Amazon.

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LeicaRumors is now on Google+

LeicaRumors is now on Google+. Add (LR) to your circles if you are into g+. You can get more updates on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube. Check also the g+ profiles for NikonRumors and PhotoRumors.

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Results from the 20th Westlicht Photographica Auction

Here are the results from the 20th Westlicht Photographica Auction that took place today, the full PDF file can be downloaded here: More that 200 bidders and collectors from all over the world, some of whom came in person to Vienna, participated in the 20th WestLicht auction. It was sensational with 94% of the total […]

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Two videos

Q&A with Jonathan Mannion on the Leica blog:

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Leica to capture 1% of world camera market in 10 years

Just saw that on Bloomberg: Leica Camera aims to capture 1% of the global camera market within 10 years. Currently the company has 0.15% of the global camera market. China is expected to overtake the US as Leica’s biggest market in the next 5 years.

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