Category Archives: Other Leica Stuff

Political and religious views

By LR admin | Published: April 22, 2011

Somebody’s Facebook profile: Via Tokyocamerastyle

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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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