Leica Camera Russia reported that the Leica store in Moscow was robbed last night (Google translation): “Today, July 9 at 3:00 am, two masked men in scrap metal shutters kicked the glass door with a sledgehammer and broke into the shop Leica on Leninsky Prospekt. After breaking all the windows, they stole part of the technique, which […]
The Student Awards Exhibition from the London Street Photography Festival is now open. Visit londonstreetphotographyfestival.org for more details.
LFI magazine announced a special issue dedicated to the 2011 Leica Oskar Barnack Award: “The special Leica Oskar Barnack Award magazine will appear at the beginning of July. With 84 pages, it presents comprehensive portfolios of the winner of the 2011 Oskar Barnack Award and the 2011 Newcomer Award, as well as all the finalists. A […]
After this “digital” Leica II, here is another modification of an old 1938 Leica camera retrofitted with the guts of a Lumix FX70 14MP camera: Here is another video of a modified Leica film camera:
The complete Leica Camera 2011/2011 annual report is out but so far only in German language. You can read the short recap from Finanznachrichten: “After a rapid profit and revenue growth in fiscal year 2010/2011, the camera maker Leica expects this year with a weaker growth. The sales should rise by 3 to 5 percent.” […]
The next Leica store in the US is expected to be opened in early 2012 in Washington DC. In the past few years Leica has opened a series of stores all over the world.
