Vi Vante is now selling several different versions of sterling silver shutter release buttons for Leica cameras made by Jay Tsujimura:
Here are some more pictures of the already sold-out Leica Q2 matte black sterling silver skull hot shoe cover by Jay Tsujimura:
→ B&H has listed several new SD cards (64GB and up) with V60 ratings along with a 512GB V90 card (V60 cards read speed: up to 250MB/s, write speed: up to 130MB/s; V90 cards read speed: up to 300MB/s, write speed: up to 250MB/s).
→ The Benro Theta self-leveling intelligent modular tripod already raised over $1.2M on Kickstarter from more than 2300 backers with another 32 days to go.
→ New updates to Adobe Lightroom Classic.
→ Retrospective of the Swiss photographer Alberto Venzago at the Ernst Leitz Museum in Wetzlar, Germany.
A reader sent me his idea and mock-up images specific to Leica cameras for an Exposure Donut concept (EXPODO):
Fundamentally, exposure control is simply a trade-off between image brightness and three types of blur. Light and the three essential camera controls all contribute to the brightness of your image. The exposure donut visualises all four of these as colored arcs. Their combined length represents the brightness of your image. When they add up to a complete circle (the donut) your image has a ‘normal’ brightness, or what most cameras call EV 0.
→ AlexOnRAW released a new AI-Powered Workflow for photographers video course. The course is created for a broader audience than the AlexOnRAW Capture One products and covers the hot topic of AI editing. The course contains three hours of high-quality video lessons. All videos are available online or for download, and as transcripts for quick reference. Until the 31st of March, you can pre-order the course with a 40% discount. LeicaRumors readers can use code RUMORS for an additional 10% off on top of the pre-order discount.
→ Topaz Labs released Video AI version 3.1.9 with improved slow motion and fps conversion and a new version of the Apollo AI model, better Motion Deblur quality, and various fixes. Topaz Video AI is now $50 off until March 31st (purchase includes 1 year of upgrades). The pricing of all Topaz products is available here. Additional information is available here.
→ DxO released PureRAW 3 photo enhancement/noise reduction software with DeepPRIME XD AI tech. A free 30-day trial is available. DxO also released PhotoLab 6.4 (product page | additional information | free trial). Additional information is available here.
→ All ACDsee digital asset management and photo editing software packages are currently on sale. The sale will end on March 22nd. Free trials are available.
Wetzlar Camera Auctions is teasing on social media a special Leica camera for their next auction under the slogan “the coming home of a most significant camera“:
“We celebrate the coming home of a most significant camera, for the occasion of its 100th birthday.”
Here are the enhanced images:
From Wikipedia:
“The Leica had several model iterations, and in 1923, Barnack convinced his boss, Ernst Leitz II, to make a preproduction series of 31 cameras for the factory and outside photographers to test.”
If this is what I think it is, it will be huge:
New record: the most expensive Leica camera sold for 1.9 million USD
New world record for the most expensive camera: 2,790,000 USD for Leica 0-Serie
New record: the most expensive Leica camera sold for 1.9 million USD
The next Wetzlar Camera Auction #5 will take place on October 7th, 2023 in Wetzlar:
