Category Archives: Other Leica Stuff

Leica to open a new store in Washington DC

By LR admin | Published: July 4, 2011

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.

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

By LR admin | Published: July 2, 2011

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)

By LR admin | Published: June 23, 2011

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)

By LR admin | Published: June 19, 2011

Another great video from Kai/DigitalRev:

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2011 Leica Oskar Barnack award announced

By LR admin | Published: June 15, 2011

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

By LR admin | Published: June 12, 2011

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

By LR admin | Published: June 9, 2011

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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