Leica Camera now accepting applications for the 2014 Oskar Barnack Award

By LR admin | Published: November 18, 2013

2014 Oskar Barnack Award
Leica Camera is now accepting applications for the 2014 Oskar Barnack Award. This year new category was added and the value of the award was raised in honor of the Leica centennial in 2014:

Solms, Germany (November 18, 2013) – Leica Camera AG announces the commencement of the 2014 Leica Oskar Barnack Award and invites professional photographers to submit entries to this prestigious international photography competition. Applications and photographic projects are being accepted online from December 15, 2013 through January 31, 2014 at www.leica-oskar-barnack-preis.de. The awards will be presented in the course of the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie photographic festival held in Arles, in the south of France, in July 2014.

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Theory behind digital Leica M focus bracketing (video)

By LR admin | Published: November 17, 2013

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New Leica Store to open in Johannesburg on November 21

By LR admin | Published: November 16, 2013

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The next Leica Store will open on November 21 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Here are few pictures of how the store looks today:

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“Official” Leica T-shirts now in stock

By LR admin | Published: November 14, 2013


The “official” Leica T-shirts are currently in stock at B&H and Leica Store Miami. This T-shirts collection is exclusively branded for and distributed by Leica Camera USA:

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Leica M (RED) camera on display at the Leica Store in New York Soho

By LR admin | Published: November 14, 2013

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The one of a kind Leica M for (RED) camera is currently on display at the Leica Store in New York Soho. The camera designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson will be auctioned for charity on November 23, 2013 at Sotheby’s.

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Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction to take place on December 8, 2013

By LR admin | Published: November 14, 2013

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The next Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction will take place on December 8, 2013. Featured will be a Leica M4-2 Safari outfit, a prototype which was not eventually manufactured by Leica, a mint Leica M4 KE-7A with a mis-engraving, two 50mm Noctilux f/1.2 lenses, E. Leitz Canada prototypes lenses, a grey Leica IIIc(K) and more. Here are some of the featured items:

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Jony Ive and Marc Newson on the one of a kind Leica M (RED) camera

By LR admin | Published: November 11, 2013

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In this video Jony Ive and Marc Newson briefly talk about the one of a kind Leica M (RED) camera that will be auctioned for charity on November 23:

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New Leica stores in Qatar and London

By LR admin | Published: November 11, 2013

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Gulf Times reported that Leica Camera AG has partnered with Qatar’s Abu Issa Group to launch their products in the country. A new Leica Boutique has been setup on the ground floor of the Blue Salon building on Suhaim Bin Hamad Street.

Leica also opened a new store in London located in the Burlington Arcade.

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