New Q&A session with Stefan Daniel from Leica

By LR admin | Published: November 16, 2009

Every line from this Q&A session is important, so instead of me rewriting it here just go to the l-camera-forum and read the original post.

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Leica SIS in Palm Beach is now open for business

By LR admin | Published: November 16, 2009

The official opening of the Palm Beach Photographic Centre was last Friday. The Leica Store in Store (SIS)  located on the premises of PBPC is now also opened for business.

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Palm Beach Photographic Centre opening

The new Leica store had the M9 and the 0.95 Noctilux on display (you can call them for more info – if you buy from them you will also get a 10% of the purchase price as a credit that can be used for any photography classes):

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Leica M9

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Leica Noctilux 0.95

The above two pictures were taken with a production version of Leica S2 in the new Leica store (yes, each of those photos came from a 75.7MB DNG file). The S2 camera was available at the store during the event for anyone to try out:

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The first Leica D-Lux 4 book giveaway

By LR admin | Published: November 16, 2009


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As promised earlier, this is the first LR giveaway. The prize:

The first  Leica D-Lux 4 book – “Photographer’s Guide to the Leica D-Lux 4: Getting the Most from Leica’s Compact Digital Camera“. Read a few sample pages from the book, view the table of content or check Alexander White’s blog describing the process of publishing this book. The book can also be purchased from Amazon.

The rules of the giveaway are very simple – just write a comment to this post and include your email address (it will be used only to contact you in case you are the winner, no spam here). One entry per person please. A random user will be picked from all entries. This giveaway is NOT limited to US readers only – the book will be shipped anywhere in the world. The giveaway will end on Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 9:00pm CET and the winner will be announced shortly after. Special thanks to Alexander White for sponsoring this giveaway.

Fine print: The contest is void where prohibited by law. If you are not old enough to be eligible to win a free photography book, go live someplace else. All taxes are the responsibility of the winner. LeicaRumors.com is not responsible for anything.

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Two more pictures of Leica M7 Hermes limited edition

By LR admin | Published: November 15, 2009

As posted earlier, the Leica M7 Hermes Limited Edition will be released on Monday:

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Leica M7 Hermes limited edition

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Leica D-Lux 4 firmware update

By LR admin | Published: November 15, 2009

A l-camera-forum member posted a rumored lists of fixes for the the upcoming D-Lux 4 firmware update. The list is almost identical to the Panasonic LX3 firmware update v2.0 which was suspended shortly after it was released because of ” the reliability of the firmware”. The DL4 firmware update was excepted in late October – maybe it will show up tomorrow on Leica’s website with the new Leica M7 Hermes Limited Edition (web masters like to do multiple changes in one shot instead of continuously updating a website – it is less risky).

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Leica M7 Hermes limited edition on Monday

By LR admin | Published: November 15, 2009

The latest rumors from Europe say that the Leica M7 Hermes limited edition will be released/officially announced on Monday, November 16th, 2009. The Europeans sources are always right 😉

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Leica M9 raffle @ Leica Historical Society of America

By LR admin | Published: November 14, 2009

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  • Grand Prize: Leica M9 or $5,500 in cash (this will not be a hard decision to make).
  • A book of 9 ticket numbers is $50.
  • Individual ticket numbers are $9.00.
  • The last day to purchase entries will be January 4, 2010. The drawing will take place on January 8 at the CPA firm of Dries, Goforth & Associates.
  • Participants must be LHSA members in good standing, age 18 or older.
  • Full rules and details of the 2009 LHSA raffle available here (pdf file).
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The expected new M could be the Leica M7 Hermes edition

By LR admin | Published: November 13, 2009

The expected new M camera design could be the Hermes Leica M7 which was already displayed in Tokyo 2 weeks ago (see report here). Those two pictures were taken from shphotoshop.de (thanks for the tip Gyorgy):

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Each of the models will be limited to 100 pieces, price: 9.500,00 €.

This model is not to be mistaken with the Leica MP Hermes edition.

And the previously reported Leica M7 Hermes photos from Tokyo after the break:

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