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Vintage Leica brochures, manuals and advertisement posters collection

By LR admin | Published: April 18, 2020

A nice reference library of vintage Leica brochures and manuals can be found here. See also my own collection of vintage Leica camera advertisement posters and banners:

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Leitz Photographica auction 36: Leica highlights

By LR admin | Published: April 17, 2020

The 36th Leitz Photographica auction will take place on June 13th, 2020. The entire catalog will be published online and printed in mid-May. Here are the Leica highlights that include a very rare M2 gray paint Betriebskamera, the personal M2 of the legendary photographer Walker Evans and a 0-series prototype:

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COVID-19 cabin fever: watch the best Leica YouTube videos

By LR admin | Published: April 17, 2020

Leica Camera published their best original YouTube videos on the Leica Blog:

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Mix and match: buy any 5 colored anodized metal lens or camera M-mount caps for $99

By LR admin | Published: April 16, 2020

I hope that you and your families are staying safe during this challenging time. Since everything is slow, I have a new mix and match deal: for a limited time, you can buy any 5 colored anodized metal lens or camera M-mount caps for $99 with free international shipping. This is basically 50% off the original price of $39 per cap.

Please specify in your order the colors you want and the type of M-mount cap (lens or body) in the “Add special instructions to the seller” field, for example:

1 x red lens cap
1 x purple body cap
1 x blue lens cap
1 x gold lens cap
1 x silver body cap

Update – this deal is now over.

BUY IN THE LR ONLINE STORE

Additional pictures:

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Leica M3 digital conversion

By LR admin | Published: April 15, 2020

Frankencamera has published the detailed steps on how to convert an old Leica M3 into a digital camera. One of the options is to use a Sony NEX-5 sensor (APS-C), the second choice is a Sony a7 sensor (full-frame). Frankencamera also provides/sells all the necessary steps and 3D designs you will need to complete this project.

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Ending soon: Topaz Labs Gigapixel AI, Skylum Luminar and DxO NIK+PhotoLab promos

By LR admin | Published: April 13, 2020

The Topaz Labs Gigapixel AI sale is ending today. You can get an additional 15% off with the promo code RUMORS15 (coupon code valid for all Topaz products).

The Skylum Luminar 4 Easter discount is also ending tomorrow. You can get an additional $10 off with coupon code PHOTORUMORS (a total of $25 in discounts).

Ending on April 15th: 15% off all DxO software with code GETDXO15NOW (including NIK Collection 2 and DxO PhotoLab).

The Exposure X5 and ON1 promo codes are expiring at the end of April:

Get 10% off Exposure X5 with promo code NIKONRUMORS
Get 20% off ON1 software with code NIKONRUMORS
Get 10% off at KEH with code SALE4A

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A new 7Artisans 35mm f/1.4 lens for Leica M-mount is coming soon

By LR admin | Published: April 12, 2020

7Artisans is now advertising that their new 35mm f/1.4 lens for Leica M-mount will be coming soon. 7artisans already has 4 different lenses for Leica M-mount: