Erwin Puts announced on his website that there will be a new version of the Leica Lens Compendium book which should be available shortly (this explains why the old version goes for over $1000on on eBay and on Amazon).
Erwin Puts also published a 129 pages Leica Pocket Guide that can be downloaded for free here.
In B&H the Leica S2 and the Summarit-S 70mm f/2.5 ASPH lens are listed as “Temporarily unavailable”. If you are interested, the Leica SIS in Palm Beach has both items in stock:
If you buy from the Leica SIS, you can apply 10% of the purchase price toward a workshop at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre (that’s a lot of classes). Update: I was just told that the 10% deal is not valid for Leica equipment.
At the same time the Leica X1 is nowhere to be found in the US but it should be coming to retailers very soon.
photo courtesy of the The PurseBlog
PurseBlog.com has an article about the Leica M7 Hermes edition and gallery of what’s in the box. This is the part I found interesting about the included silver chrome 35mm f/1.4 Summilux-M lens:
“The unique part about this limited lens is that Leica created a new production process to silver anodize the lens’ aluminum alloy barrel and rings; unlike in previous lenses, where the silver chrome effect could only be applied to much heavier brass barrels and rings. As a result, this silver chrome ‘Lux is the same weight as the black anodized version, which is a first for Leica.”
Head over to The PurseBlog and check the remaining details.
Yes, the rumors were true. Today Hasselblad released a Leica S2 challenger, the H4D-40. And yes, I will link to PhotoRumors.com again for all the details. Enjoy!
After Antarctica and the Rain Forest, Leica unique photographic experience continues with The Great Lakes:
If you are interested and would like to know more details about this trip, call Travel Dynamics International at toll-free 800-257-5767 or 212-517-7555. Don’t forget to mention that you heard about this Leica trip at LeicaRumors.com (reference code #LRBLOG).
More details after the break:
I have been following this rumor for few days over @ PhototRumors.com. I now have some more details: Hasselblad is planing to release a new camera that should be cheaper and as compact as the Leica s2.
Teasers about a “new baby” are already online:
Read more about the new campaign in DSLRmagazine (English translation). A better “human” translation can be found here.
