Leica canceled Schmidt Marketing after 60 years

By LR admin | Published: March 12, 2017

 
This is a post by a reader on Leica canceling Schmidt Marketing in Asia after 60 years:

So here’s a piece of dated but important news that’s worth sharing. Back in late November 2016, Leica announced that it’s not renewing the contract with Schmidt Marketing, which has been distributing and servicing Leica products in the greater China (and Asia) region for some 60 years.

However, such news was not properly reported back then, with just a few local and online outlets giving it a mention.  As such, many of us knew of this news only since this January, when the distributor’s rights officially ended.  Not even Schmidt Marketing has properly published any press releases regarding this matter.

That said, Schmidt will still be conducting product servicing and repairs until around the end of April.

The online reports that I could pull off are as follows (Chinese only):

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Voigtlander Heliar Vintage Line 50mm f/3.5 VM lens for Leica M mount review

By LR admin | Published: March 12, 2017

General

Ever since Voigtlander announced their Heliar Vintage Line 50mm f/3.5 VM full frame lens for Leica M mount ($529), I was curious to try it out and when I had the opportunity to shoot with it for a few days, I jumped right to it.

This lens uses a unique historical design to match some of the earliest Voigtlander lenses from the 19th century. The lens design has been on the market for a long time. Several different versions exist in Leica thread mount (LTM) and Nikon S mount. I believe that initially the lens came with the Bessa R2S Nikon S-mount rangefinder as a special edition and many people just used it with adapters on Leica M mount cameras. The new version of the lens is the first to be available in Leica M mount and is not collapsible – there was also a collapsable version in the past:

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Leica UK to host “Jim Marshall: Jazz Festival” at Mayfair

By LR admin | Published: March 8, 2017
Johnny Hodges at Monterey Jazz Festival 1961

Johnny Hodges at Monterey Jazz Festival 1961

Leica UK to host ‘Jim Marshall: Jazz Festival’ at Mayfair
17 – 28 March 2017
Leica Mayfair, 27 Bruton Place, London W1J 6NQ

Leica UK has announced Jim Marshall: Jazz Festival: a new exhibition at its Mayfair studio, which will be open to the public from 17-28 March. Featuring images from one of the most celebrated music photographers of the twentieth century, this unique collection is taken from a new book of the same name from publisher Reel Art Press, and has remained almost completely unseen until now.

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Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) 9.9, Lightroom CC 2015.9 released with Leica M10 support

By LR admin | Published: March 7, 2017


Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) 9.9 is now released with support for the Leica M10 camera:

  • DNG converter 9.9 download links: Win | macOS)

Update: Adobe Lightroom CC 2015.9 was also released (download info, see also this page).

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Leica M10 half cases

By LR admin | Published: March 5, 2017

  
 
→ Arte di Mano are now already selling their new Leica M10 half cases.

  
 
→ M&K Kamera M10 leather half case are available in black and brown.

 
  
→ New half case for Leica M10 with battery and SD card access from Kenjileather (available also on eBay).


→ The original Leica half case is available in 3 different colors.

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Leica photography classes and workshops

By LR admin | Published: March 4, 2017

Here are some of the latest Leica photography classes and workshops offered by the Leica Store Miami:





For more classes, visit the Leica Akademie USA website. In Germany, you can see the classes offered by Meister Camera:

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The Huawei P10 smartphone comes with a new Leica dual camera 2.0

By LR admin | Published: March 4, 2017


The new Huawei P10 smartphone comes with a new Leica dual camera 2.0 (20MP monochrome sensor, 12MP RGB sensor and 8MP front camera):

“The devices’ portrait features include precise 3D facial detection technology, dynamic illumination and portrait enhancements. A smart imaging algorithm applies studio-like re-lighting and beautifying effects to create radiant portraits. Using the new depth-of-field algorithm, a natural bokeh effect creates sharper, clearer and more vivid colors in the foreground, while the background remains elegantly blurred.

The Huawei P10 Plus’ Leica Dual-Camera 2.0 Pro Edition includes new SUMMILUX-H Leica lenses with a larger F/1.8 aperture and higher optical capability. Co-developed with GoPro, the Huawei P10 and Huawei P10 Plus also feature Highlights, a mobile editing tool which creates a dynamic video of users’ images and videos.”

Key features include:

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