More about the Leica Freedom Train: Leica helped Jews flee Nazis: fresh evidence uncovered “Ernst Leitz Optische Werke Wetzlar” short film directed by Oskar Barnack (1932). From the description: “A portrait of the Leitz factory. Following a view of Wetzlar and the Leitz factory from Kalsmunt, the film introduces several departments of the company: milling, engraving, lens […]
Here is the link – this will not last long. The good news is that this lens started to show up lately in several stores – hopefully, the long wait time is over.
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: […]
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 🙂
A new Leica store opened in Kiev three months ago. The address: 101 Stolichnoe Shosse, Kiev, Ukraine.
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):
