Category Archives: Other Leica Stuff

And the winner is…

By LR admin | Published: April 20, 2011

The winner of the ThinkTank Photo Retrospective 5 bag is Zachary. Congratulations! You will be one of the first to own this bag, since it is not yet available for sale. There were 524 entries for this giveaway. I selected the winner by running a SQL script that randomly picked one of the 524 comments (I also made sure […]

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Zeiss Ikon SW rangefinder discontinued

By LR admin | Published: April 19, 2011

The Zeiss Ikon SW (Super Wide) rangefinder is now listed as “no longer available” on B&H website. The Super Wide Ikon version doesn’t have a optical viewfinder and is mainly used with wide angle lenses (zone focusing). The SW model was announced during Photokina 2006. The Zeiss Ikon rangefinder with a viewfinder is still available […]

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New Leica Store in Rome

By LR admin | Published: April 18, 2011

New Leica store will open in Rome on April 21st, 2011:  

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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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