Category Archives: Other Leica Stuff

Under 5% of Leica sales are film cameras (M7 & MP)

By LR admin | Published: March 28, 2010

Update: in the UK Leica film cameras make 6% of total sales (source). This percentage was given by Leica’s US CEO Roger Horn in an interview with NorthJersey.com: “Q: What percent of your sales are film cameras? A: The film cameras are running under 5 percent.” The second piece of interesting information from this interview: […]

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DIY: Leica II digicam

By LR admin | Published: March 27, 2010

Full instructions with pictures on how to fit a Sony DSC-WX1 digital camera in a Russian Leica copycat are available here (in English). At least they did not destroy a real Leica 🙂

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New Leica store in Kiev, Ukraine

By LR admin | Published: March 18, 2010

A new Leica store opened in Kiev three months ago. The address: 101 Stolichnoe Shosse, Kiev, Ukraine.

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Nice try…

By LR admin | Published: March 12, 2010

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A second Leica store coming up in Hong Kong

By LR admin | Published: March 8, 2010

In addition to the Leica Store in the Time Square mall in Causeway Bay (Hong Kong), there seems to be another Leica store coming up in the IFC mall (Hong Kong):

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The next Leica store will be in FĂŒrth, Germany

By LR admin | Published: March 5, 2010

Another Leica store/shop/boutique (not sure what is the correct name – I see all three of them in use) will open in FĂŒrth, South Germany. The official opening will be on March 12/13, 2010. They claim on their website that all Leica products will be in stock on the day of the opening (in limited quantities). For a list of other […]

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Leica related news/links

By LR admin | Published: February 27, 2010

The Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Leica Camera AG in Solms Franz Jung has resigned  (source). ThinkTank announced a new bag that may be of interest for Leica shooters: “Created as an homage to classic photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank, we’ve created five soft-sided shoulder bags in our new Retrospectiveℱ series.  Designed for […]

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