Leica Rumors

New Leica accessories: soft release buttons and 32GB SD memory cards

By LR admin | Published: June 3, 2014

Leica Camera announced new “Leica branded” soft release buttons and 32GB SD memory cards. The soft release buttons are with a painted brass finish and come in four different designs and two sizes (12mm and 8mm). They can also be worn as pins on jackets (see the attached pictured at the bottom of this post). Only 1,000 of those buttons will be produced.

The 32GB Leica SD class 10 memory card offers 17 MB/s write and 24 MB/s read speed (also limited to 1,000 pieces).

For prices and availability, check our sponsors Leica Store Miami, Camera West, Pop Flash, Leica Store Palm Beach, Camera Electronic (Australia) and Red Dot Cameras (UK).

A large selection of other soft release buttons can be found here and here.

Match Technical also recently released their new ‘O’ series soft releases.

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A Leica Photographer on Being “Discovered” and Publishing FAIR WITNESS: Street Photography for the 21st Century by David Lykes Keenan

By LR admin | Published: June 3, 2014

A Leica Photographer on Being “Discovered” and Publishing FAIR WITNESS: Street Photography for the 21st Century by David Lykes Keenan

David just launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish FAIR WITNESS. For more information and to support the campaign, click here.

What is an emerging photographer — wait, I hate that expression. What is a rookie photographer to say when someone of Eli Reed’s stature tells him that it is time to put out a photography book?

Eli, by the way, is definitely in the big leagues. He has been with Magnum Photos for 30 years, has published two critically acclaimed books “Beirut” and “Black in America”, and he is a professor of photojournalism at The University of Texas at Austin. A retrospective of Eli’s career will soon appear from UT Press.

Furthermore, how is this rookie to take it when Eli says, “… in the future, people will be copying what he is doing.”

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Shooting the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower Show with Leica M 240 and 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux lens

By LR admin | Published: June 2, 2014

This guest post is by Roy James Shakespeare – check out his new e-book on the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower Show:

A piece of cake

Purchasing the 50mm Noctilux f/0.95 two years ago was a mammoth decision. Shortly after I thought, what an earth have I done. What a load of rubbish this lens was. I struggled with it on the M9 but not all the time. The only focus point where you could be safe was dead in the centre on the split screen. Compromising on composition at every turn. The results were amazing when you could get it right. I struggled also with the disappointing focus length at short distance, not quite getting close enough when I wanted to. The sharpness was a little sketchy also at times in the beginning, wide open and in my mind I was thinking how cute it would be to have a normal little 50mm f1.4.

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Leica Store San Francisco coming this summer

By LR admin | Published: May 30, 2014

One of our sponsors Camera West who already operates two different Leica boutiques in Rancho Mirage and Walnut Creek, CA just informed me that they will be opening a new Leica Store in San Francisco this summer. You can subscribe for updates on this website.

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Leica T camera now in stock

By LR admin | Published: May 30, 2014

The Leica T type 701 mirrorless camera is now shipping and is currently in stock at Amazon. For additional details on the new camera, check the previous Leica T coverage. Don’t forget also to download the latest firmware version 1.1.