$57k for a museum piece

Leica IIIf Ser.No. 500000 presented to Dr. Ernst Leitz II in 1950 (former property of Leitz Factory Museum)

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New Leica Products Webinar

Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/967355235

Dale Photo & Digital is pleased to host a live online webinar with Justin Stailey, technical product specialist for Leica. Justin will present in-depth information on all the new Leica products including:

The upcoming Leica S2 37.5MP Pro-format DSLR and S-System lenses
The M8.2 digital rangefinder
The new M lenses:
21mm Summilux-M f/1.4 ASPH
24mm Summilux-M f/1.4 ASPH
24mm Elmar-M f/3.8 ASPH
50mm Noctilux-M f/0.95 ASPH
The outstanding Pradovit D-1200 HD digital projector

Please note that due to time constraints and the number of attendees, Justin will not be able to answer live questions. We encourage you to submit any questions you may have ahead of time using the “Questions & Comments” section of the registration form. This way, Justin can focus on the topics that are of most interest. Please submit your questions no later than Nov. 9th.

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Custom mechanical cable release adapter for Leica D-Lux 4

I came across this interesting cable release solution for D-Lux 4 owners:

You can see how this looks on a Leica D-Lux 4 here. The product can be purchased here.

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The new Leica 50/0.95 Noctilux ASPH lens is not the fastest

Source

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Leica Honors Film’s Woody Allen With Special Camera

“A select mix of Leica afficianados, renowned photographers, Leica dealers, and company executives were gathered at The Rose Club in the Plaza Hotel in New York City earlier this week to witness film director, writer and actor Woody Allen receive the honor of the gift of a Leica M8.2 camera with the serial number 3,555,555 from Leica CEO, Dr. Andreas Kaufmann. Noting Allen’s contribution to the arts, Kaufmann explained, The decision to honor Woody Allen, in our view, was quite clear.”

Source (with pictures)

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Controversial Leica user

Slow on Leica rumors lately. Here is a video of a controversial Leica user:

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Leica @ PhotoPlus Expo

Eyewitness report from PhotoPlus Expo (comment from NikonRumors.com):

The show was busy, but not especially exciting. There really wasn’t anything new there. I did manage to get my hands on the new Leica MF prototype. It looks much better in person than it does in photographs. It’s very solid, very heavy, and has a really great rubber grip. The viewfinder is huge, but focusing was very, very slow. I mean really slow. They kept telling me, “this is just a prototype.” The lenses for it are gigantic. And as simple as the controls seemed to be, I was totally confused as to what they were for. There was one 3-position switch in which the middle setting was “FPS”. I asked the Leica rep what that meant. She told me “focal plane shutter.” I said, “yes, I know the camera has a focal plane shutter, but what does the switch do?” She couldn’t tell me. I bet it actually had something to do with the number of frames you can shoot per second.

Here are some video from the show (the Leica S2 is in the first video):

Day 0:

Day 1:

Day 2:

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