Category Archives: Other Leica Stuff

Leica Camera stock (LCA1) is up 50% since February

Leica Camera stock went up 50% since February this year. The company reported record sales for 2011 and even intends to pay dividends. Here is the 5 years chart:

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A Decisive Moment in Paris: Leica Camera & Magnum Photos (video)

A Decisive Moment in Paris: Leica Camera & Magnum Photos from leica camera on Vimeo. On Tuesday, 21 June Leica Camera and Magnum Photos gathered distinguished guests at the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild in Paris. The event began with a panel discussion entitled “Crises and catastrophes in pictures. What justifiable role can photojournalism play in […]

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Why the Leica M is so unique (video)

Another great video from Kai/DigitalRev:

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2011 Leica Oskar Barnack award announced

Jan Grarup received the 2011 Leica Oskar Barnack award for his portfolio “Haiti Aftermath“: Solms, Germany (June 15, 2011) – First prize in this year’s highly prestigious photographic competition, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2011, goes to the Danish photographer Jan Grarup. For his award-winning portfolio, entitled ‘Haiti Aftermath’, the winner will be presented with […]

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This paper Leica M3 is a working pinhole camera

Matthew Nicholson (flickr) made this working Leica M3 pinhole camera completely out of paper: The detailed camera template will be available for download at the end of June for free:

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New version of the Leica Compendium book coming in August

A new limited edition of the Leica Compendium book by Erwin Puts will be available in August, 2011. The new version will include new pages, additional images and rewritten paragraphs. The previous version is already sold out.

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His and hers Leica 50mm Summilux wedding rings

From Tokyocamerastyle: custom made wedding rings that make up a miniature Leica 50mm Summilux lens on a miniature M3 body. His band is the focusing ring while hers is the aperture ring 🙂

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