Sebastiao Salgado: A Conversation

Who is Sebastiao Salgado? I will just say that his Leica M7 camera set is currently selling on ebay for US $130,680.00:

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“Salgado uses three Leica cameras. Most of the time he uses 28mm, 35mm and 60mm lenses (one for each camera body). He uses black-and-white Tri-X film. In low-light situations and indoors he uses T-Max 3200 film, which precludes the need for flash. He does not develop his own film but has a friend do it for him. He does most of his own printing but sometimes calls upon friends to help in this darkroom work also”.

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Some of his work can be seen here. Here are some slideshows:

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More leather case options for Leica M8/D-LUX 4

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Note that you can keep your grip with this case.

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Translated link

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Leica Rebate (UK)

Current ongoing rebate in the UK – check RedDotCameras for more details:

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More on the white Leica M8 limited edition

I got my hands on an internal memo regarding the white limited edition Leica M8 – coming on April 20th. Click on image for larger picture (2 images):

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I am a little bit troubled by the final count of this “white edition” M8 – in the above document it says “the final number will be fixed according to the success of the Marketing and PR activities”. Fixed? This doesn’t sound good, but maybe it is a common practice.

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Limited edition, all-white Leica M8

Update: I called Leica US today, but they could not provide me with any details on this model.

Coming soon (“extremely limited number will be produced”):

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Source

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Celebrities and their Leicas (part 1)

Miley Cyrus showed her interest in a Leica M8 camera in a recent photo session with Life magazine. “She even felt that the photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz inspired her to want to be a photographer” (source).

Louis C.K. took his Leica on a recent trip to Iraq.

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt got Leica as well (source).

Scarlett Johansson’s Leica M8 camera (source).

Victoria Beckham forgot to remove the lens cap of her Leica Digilux 2, but who cares… (source).

And last, but not least…. just click here – I do not want to ruin the surprise…

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The new Voigtlander 15mm Super Wide Heliar is now on ebay

I am not sure if anyone else is selling this lens besides ebay:

Voigtlander Super Wide Heliar 15mm M-mount/Leica M

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Form voigtlaender.deNEW our first and most traditional lens, the 15 mm Super Wide Heliar, comes in a new edition:

By popular request this lens has been designed with a M-Bajonett-Mount as well as a filter mount.

Focal lenght 15 mm
Aperture ratio 1:4.5
Smallest aperture F22
Lens construction 6 groups, 8 elements
Picture angle 110Àö
Aperture blades 10
Closest distance 0.5 m
Diameter 59,4mm
Length 38,2mm
Weight 156 g
Filter mount 52mm
Lenshood integrated
Mount M-Bajonett
Rangefinder coupling ~ 0,7m (depends on camera body)
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Capture One 4.7 now available for download

PrintYou can upgrade the Capture One software that came with your Leica to version 4.7. Here is the link (registration required). My update went without a problem.

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