What’s new on eBay?

By LR admin | Published: August 28, 2011

What’s new on eBay? See the Leica eBay fFnds tab.

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Voigtländer Nokton 50mm f/1.1 lens hands-on video

By LR admin | Published: August 27, 2011

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Caught with a Leica

By LR admin | Published: August 27, 2011

Actor Bradley Cooper holding a Leica in the 2009 movie "All About Steve" (co-starring with Sandra Bullock)

Caught with a Leica:
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Panasonic announced new LX5 firmware

By LR admin | Published: August 26, 2011

Today Panasonic announced new firmware for their LX5 camera The main improvements are:

  • Improved AF performance (up to 23% faster on the wide-end)
  • New high ISO NR mode
  • Improved auto white balance
  • Active mode (Power O.I.S)
  • New miniature mode effect
  • Shutter speed limit extended to 250sec
  • Improved shutter operation
I expect that Leica will release a similar firmware update for their D-Lux 5 model in the next few months.
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Leica M “pistol holder”

By LR admin | Published: August 21, 2011

I was actually expecting holders like the one provided with the Leica M9 Titanium limited edition to hit the market right after the camera was announced last year. A reader just sent me a link to Wotancraft.com that makes just that – “Leica M pistol holder”:

There are two different versions available: Hektor ($169) and WWII reporter ($159).

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Weekend Leica links

By LR admin | Published: August 21, 2011

  • I saw this 1947 Leica IIIC with aftermarket gold conversion in my local Leica store:

  

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Leica Historical Society of America raffle

By LR admin | Published: August 20, 2011

There is only one more week left for the LHSA raffle where the grand price is a new Leica M9-P camera. You must be a LHSA member in order to participate. Full details available on this PDF file.

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Alternative Phottix 0.85x and 1.25x viewfinders magnifiers for Leica M rangefinders

By LR admin | Published: August 19, 2011

 

After I just came across this new USB 3 card reader from Phottix, I realized that they also sell 0.85x and 1.25x viewfinder magnifiers for Leica M rangefinders for $69 each (for comparison, the original Leica 1.25x costs $299):

Leica carries also a 1.4x viewfinder magnifier.
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