Photos of the upcoming Leitz Park in Wetzlar

By LR admin | Published: March 20, 2013

Leitz Park in Wetzlar
Leitz-Park-in-Wetzlar

The German website mittelhessen.de published a series of photos from the ongoing construction of the new Leitz Park in Wetzlar. The project is scheduled to be completed by November 2013. The new building will be around 27,000 m².

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Leica Store Miami grand opening

By LR admin | Published: March 20, 2013

Leica Store Miami

Leica Camera has scheduled several different events for the grand opening of their latest Leica Store in Miami. There will be lectures by Alessandra Sanguinetti and Bruce Gilden, the store gallery will feature work from Magnum’s photographic project “Postcards from America”, several photo walks will be available where you will be able to try different Leica cameras (the new Leica M is available for demo in half-hour appointments). For full details, times and RSVP email see this PDF document.

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New: Photographer’s Guide to the Leica D-Lux 6 book

By LR admin | Published: March 17, 2013

Guide-to-the-Leica-D-Lux-6-book

White Knight Press has released its newest camera guide book, Photographer’s Guide to the Leica D-Lux 6: Getting the Most from Leica’s Advanced Compact Camera. The book is currently available on Amazon as a paperback ($23.30) or Kindle edition ($9.99).

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New Minox classic miniature Leica camera replica announced

By LR admin | Published: March 17, 2013

Minox-DCC-14.0-camera-silver

Minox introduced a new version of their classic miniature Leica camera replica (1:3 scale). The DCC 14.0 has a 14MP sensor, 2” LCD screen and a $239 price tag.

Technical specifications:

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Leica M type 240 DxoMark score: better than the M9, not as good as Nikon’s full frame cameras

By LR admin | Published: March 14, 2013

Leica-M-240-vs-Leica-M9-vs-Leica-M8-comparison

DxOMark published their test results for the new Leica M type 240 camera. The latest digital rangefinder from Leica show significant improvements over the previous M9 model, but the full frame cameras from Nikon still show slightly better dynamic range and low light capabilities:

“The latest 24-megapixel CMOS sensor offers not only six million extra pixels but DxOMark’s Sensor Scores indicate a +1 Stop improvement in overall image quality compared to the previous 18Mp CCD sensor. As well as offering more consistent Colour Sensitivity across the ISO range there’s also an impressive extra +1.6 Stops boost for Dynamic Range and its low-light ISO scores are improved too, again beating previous versions by around +1 Stop.

So a big step in the right direction although the new sensor doesn’t quite match the heights of the best sensors DxOMark have tested or those of flagship DSLRs. Compared to the best sensors the Leica M is a little off the pace with the Sony RX1 and Nikon D800 boasting around +1 Stop better image quality overall.”

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Leica X3 concept camera

By LR admin | Published: March 11, 2013

Leica X3 concept camera by Vincent Säll:

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White Leica X2 limited edition, new Leica Store coming to Manila

By LR admin | Published: March 11, 2013

Leica-X2-white-limited-edition

New white Leica X2 limited edition was introduced for the upcoming Leica Store in Japan that will be located on the 5th floor of the main building located at 171 Shinsaibashi Daimaru Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku in Osaka. Only 100 pieces of this limited edition camera will be produced.

On a related note, it seems that there will be also a new Leica Store coming soon to Manila:

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The new Leica M – one week later

By LR admin | Published: March 8, 2013

Leica M Type 240 camera

It has been a week since the new Leica M type 240 started shipping worldwide. Here are the latest updates:

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