Category Archives: Other Leica Stuff

Leica and the Jews (Leica Freedom Train)

By LR admin | Published: September 8, 2020

I have covered the “Leica Freedom Train” multiple times in the past. In case you have missed the story, here is a recap a reader sent me a few days ago (thanks K!):

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Leica’s management did in fact once consider making a medium-format film camera system

By LR admin | Published: September 8, 2020

On April 1st, I posted a joke about Leica rumored to announce a new medium format film camera with a fixed lens. While this was obviously an April fool’s joke, it turns out that Leica’s upper management did in fact once consider making a medium-format film camera system (not with a fixed lens). In May 2000 […]

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Concept of Leica M camera with a battery indicator

By LR admin | Published: September 5, 2020

Alain Monnens, a freelance product designer from Belgium, designed this Leica M camera concept with a battery indicator emphasizing the simplicity, ease of use, purity, and the history of the brand:

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The latest Leica videos

By LR admin | Published: August 30, 2020

The latest Leica-related YouTube videos:

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The latest Leica videos

By LR admin | Published: August 23, 2020

The latest Leica-related YouTube videos:

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Leica digest

By LR admin | Published: August 19, 2020

→ Check out the Konica Hexagon 17mm f/16 lenses for Leica M mount listed for sale on eBay. → On September 2nd Panasonic will soon announce a new Lumix S5 mirrorless camera with L-mount. The full S5 specifications can be found here. → Leica celebrates history’s most iconic photos by not showing them at all.

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Meister Camera is selling copper-plated Leica cameras

By LR admin | Published: August 10, 2020

Meister Camera posted several photos on their Facebook page of copper-plated Leica cameras that are also available for sale on their website:

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