Category Archives: Other Leica Stuff

More on the initial Leica finances post from Amateurphotographer.

The Leica Lens Saga: An Interview With Peter Karbe Why? Why did they put a white Leica M8 on top of this thing? Classics of everyday design No 63: The Leica M6 Rent the Leica M8.2 for $50 per day

Most of you are probably familiar with “Leica à la carte”. The “Leica à la carte” program offers over 4000 different technical and styling options for the Leica M7 or Leica MP models. Every option has a price. My imaginary model end up costing me USD 6370 (it has LeicaRumors.com engraving on the back) – that’s […]

In fiscal year 2008/2009 (ended March 31), Leica registered sales of EUR 134.2 million. This is a 14.1 % decrease as compared to the sales of EUR 156.2 million posted in the previous year. Rudolf Spiller, Chairman of the Board of Management of Leica Camera AG: “The reasons for the decline in sales and earnings […]

The previously rumored white Leica Pinmaster rangefinder for golf is now almost official: measures distances up to 820 yards 7x magnification price: £469 Source

IMG_0784, originally uploaded by stranger_than_Tokyo. I am not sure how practical this combo is, but it’s possible 🙂 Olympus E-P1+LeicaR-M4/3 adapter+Summicron 180/f2.0

If you want your Leica related article to appear on LeicaRumors.com – drop me a line. Of course your post doesn’t have to be a rumor – everything Leica related would be a good match (photos, reviews, collections, essays, etc).