Please welcome our new sponsor – Camera Electronic, a Leica dealer from Australia

By LR admin | Published: December 22, 2011

Please welcome our new sponsor Camera Electronic who is an authorized Leica dealer in Australia. It seems that there is no shortage of Leica equipment at Camera Electronic in Australia – this is what they have in stock right now:

  • Leica 21mm f/1.4 Summilux
  • Leica 24mm f/1.4 Summilux
  • Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar
  • Leica 28mm f/2.8 Elmarit
  • Leica 28mm f/2 Summicron
  • Leica 35mm f/2.5 Summarit
  • Leica 35mm f/2 Summicron Silver
  • Leica 50mm f/2.5 Summarit
  • Leica 75mm f/2.5 Summarit
  • Leica 90mm f/2.5 Summarit
  • Leica 90mm Macro Set
  • Leica M9 Black
  • Leica M9-P Black
  • Leica M9 Grey
  • Leica M9-P Silver
  • Leica D-lux 5 Titanium
  • Leica X1 black and grey
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Leica S2 firmware update v1.0.2.0 released

By LR admin | Published: December 19, 2011

Leica S2

Solms, Germany (December 19, 2011) – Leica Camera AG continues its commitment to the ongoing development of the Leica S medium format system with a new firmware update, FW 1.0.2.0. This fifth firmware update is specially developed for the use of the camera with the new Leica Elmarit-S 30 mm f/2.8 ASPH. wide-angle lens, ensuring optimum functionality of the lens on the Leica S2 body. Registered S users wishing to bring their camera up-to-date can download the firmware update from the “Owners Area” on the Leica website and take advantage of the latest improvements.

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New firmware update 2.0 for Leica D-Lux 5

By LR admin | Published: December 16, 2011

Over three months after the Panasonic LX5 firmware update, today Leica Camera announced new firmware update for their D-Lux 5 model:

Solms, Germany (December 16, 2011) – Leica Camera AG announces the release of a new firmware update for the Leica D-Lux 5. Users wishing to bring their camera up-to-date can now download the firmware update and an installation guide from the ‘UPDATES’ section of the D-Lux 5 page on the Leica Camera website.

This new firmware offers D-Lux 5 users the following updates:

  • Improved autofocus speed in the wide-angle domain
  • Enhanced functionality when using manual and automatic focusing
  • Increased automatic white-balance precision in adverse lighting conditions
  • High-ISO-noise reduction for ISO 1600 and ISO 3200
  • Incorporation of an ‘Active mode’ for image stabilization and new ‘Miniature effect’ in the ‘My colors’ mode (available for photo and video modes)
  • Continuous autofocus with the shutter button half depressed
  • Increased longest shutter speed from 60 to 250 seconds
  • Addition of manual adjustment of the LCD monitor and the external viewfinder to the camera settings menu
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The latest Leica videos

By LR admin | Published: December 15, 2011

Leica M9 vs. Konica Hexar with Kai from DigitalRev:

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What’s in stock right now?

By LR admin | Published: December 15, 2011

I am constantly updating the “In stock” list located on the sidebar. This is what is available right now at our sponsors (still at the “old” prices):

New M products:

Used M products:

Update: several lenses sold out already and I removed them from the list.
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Leica Camera announces S-Magazine iPad application

By LR admin | Published: December 15, 2011


Leica Camera released a new iPad app called “S-Magazine” that showcases the latest work by professional photographers using the Leica S system. The app can be downloaded on iTunes.

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The latest firmware version 1.176 is also applicable to the M9 Titanium

By LR admin | Published: December 14, 2011

I received a confirmation from Leica Camera that the latest M9 firmware version 1.176 will also work on Leica M9 Titanium cameras. The reason for the initial confusion was that Leica does not lists any firmware updates for the M9-T on their website.

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Three new Leica Summilux-C cinema lenses

By LR admin | Published: December 11, 2011

In addition to the new Zeiss cinema lenses, the December issue of Film and Digital Times revealed also three new prime Leica cinema lenses: Summilux-C 16, 29, and 65mm. This will expand the existing set of Leica cinema lenses to eleven different focal lengths: 16, 18, 21, 25, 29, 35, 40, 50, 65, 75 and 100 mm. The new lenses will be officially announced at NAB 2012.

On page 34 of the FDTimes PDF file you can read an interesting interview with Dr. Andreas Kaufmann.

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