Category Archives: Other Leica Stuff

Vintage Leica camera advertisement

By LR admin | Published: April 13, 2011

Hprints has several vintage Leica camera advertisement prints from 1932-1958 for sale. Currently, only five are still available. Prices vary from $7-$14:

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Giveaway: The new ThinkTank Photo Retrospective 5 bag

By LR admin | Published: April 12, 2011

What can I win?   Today ThinkTank Photo announced a new Retrospective 5 bag especially designed for Micro Four Thirds or rangefinder camera systems and I have one to give away ($129 value). How do I win? The rules are simple: “Like” the ThinkTank Photo Facebook page “Like” the LeicaRumors Facebook page Leave a comment to this blog […]

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Leica prices from 25 years ago

By LR admin | Published: April 10, 2011

I came across an old issue of Modern Photography from December of 1986. Here are some Leica prices from 25 years ago: 50mm f/1.4: $725 50mm f/1 Noctilux: $1149 Leica M6 body: $1695 (today on eBay, a Leica M6 in a good shape costs pretty much the same) More Leica listings from 1986:

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Leica M9 Titan prototype at the next Westlicht auction

By LR admin | Published: April 5, 2011

The next Westlicht auction will take place on May 28th in Vienna, Austria. Here are some of the highlights in the Leica section: Leica M9 Titan Prototype (2010) Fully working prototype no.2 of the famous Titanium edition designed by Walter de’Silva, this camera has an analog viewfinder (the edition of 500 cameras was equipped with LED illumination […]

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Advertising on LeicaRumors

By LR admin | Published: April 4, 2011

Since I regularly receive inquiries about advertising on LeicaRumors.com, I decided to publish some information online that will answer most of the questions. Currently there is available inventory for a 300x90px (top right) and 468x60px (above first post) banners. The current price* for the 300×90 banner is $2 CPM (per 1000 impressions) and $3 CPM for the 468×60 banner. I have […]

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Zeiss Ikon 85mm f/2.0 T* ZM Sonnar lens (M-mount) to be discontinued?

By LR admin | Published: March 19, 2011

The Zeiss Ikon 85mm f/2.0 T* ZM Sonnar lens is no longer listed on zeiss.com website:

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Leica Fotografie International (LFI) app now also available for Android smart phones

By LR admin | Published: March 15, 2011

After the iPhone/iPad, LFI released an Android version of their LFI Gallery app. The app can be downloaded here.

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