Leica Rumors

Guest post: Winter in Andalucia

By LR admin | Published: May 5, 2014

I don’t like December in Holland. It’s dark, cold and there are way too many days you have to things I don’t like doing. We decided to escape and headed for southern Spain, where it was a lot less cold. Andalucia is a region that is famous for flamenco, olive oil and sherry, but frankly, I just wanted to walk around and see what was happening there. I grabbed my Billingham Hadley small, fitted my Leica M9 with a 35 and 50 Summicron, a very old Tele-Elmarit 90 and a couple of batteries. That kit is small and light, yet very versatile. One of the most made mistakes is bringing too much on a trip where you’ll be walking around all day. After a while, you’ll start to feel the weight of your bag on you shoulder and from that moment, fun is over. Bring just one camera and one or two lenses.

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Leica links from around the Web

By LR admin | Published: May 4, 2014

In addition to the regular blog posts, I share a lot of Leica related information on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google+):

→ Why Leica Camera decided to leave its beloved R series behind

→ Leica M in low light

→ Anatomy of a Leica camera

→ Testing Taifun: The new Leica T by Jono Slack

→ Leica T lenses: Correcting some distortions

→ Leitz Park open house on May 24th

→ Homemade rewind crank for a Leica MP

→ Leica T system launch in Paris:

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Novoflex LEM/VIS II adapter set for Leica M type 240 now shipping in the US

By LR admin | Published: April 30, 2014

The new Novoflex LEM/VIS II adapter set for Leica M type 240 is now available in the US – B&H has it listed as shipping in 7-14 business days. The LEM/VIS II is both an adapter and extension tube into one: it allows using Visoflex specific lenses on the Leica M240 camera without reflex housing (focusing up to infinity) and can also be used for close-up macro photography. With the variable extensions (3 inner rings, 10mm extension each) you can achieve magnifications between 0.28:1 – 0.84:1.

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Quick Leica T camera hands-on preview

By LR admin | Published: April 29, 2014

Last week I had a chance to play with the new Leica T at the Leica Store in Palm Beach. Here is my quick hands-on preview (for more in-depth reviews, check my previous Leica T coverage). Keep in mind that this was a prototype camera and the firmware was probably not final (click on images for larger view ):