White Knight Press has released its newest camera guide book, Photographer’s Guide to the Leica D-Lux 6: Getting the Most from Leica’s Advanced Compact Camera. The book is currently available on Amazon as a paperback ($23.30) or Kindle edition ($9.99).
Minox introduced a new version of their classic miniature Leica camera replica (1:3 scale). The DCC 14.0 has a 14MP sensor, 2” LCD screen and a $239 price tag.
Technical specifications:
DxOMark published their test results for the new Leica M type 240 camera. The latest digital rangefinder from Leica show significant improvements over the previous M9 model, but the full frame cameras from Nikon still show slightly better dynamic range and low light capabilities:
“The latest 24-megapixel CMOS sensor offers not only six million extra pixels but DxOMark’s Sensor Scores indicate a +1 Stop improvement in overall image quality compared to the previous 18Mp CCD sensor. As well as offering more consistent Colour Sensitivity across the ISO range there’s also an impressive extra +1.6 Stops boost for Dynamic Range and its low-light ISO scores are improved too, again beating previous versions by around +1 Stop.
So a big step in the right direction although the new sensor doesn’t quite match the heights of the best sensors DxOMark have tested or those of flagship DSLRs. Compared to the best sensors the Leica M is a little off the pace with the Sony RX1 and Nikon D800 boasting around +1 Stop better image quality overall.”
New white Leica X2 limited edition was introduced for the upcoming Leica Store in Japan that will be located on the 5th floor of the main building located at 171 Shinsaibashi Daimaru Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku in Osaka. Only 100 pieces of this limited edition camera will be produced.
On a related note, it seems that there will be also a new Leica Store coming soon to Manila:
It has been a week since the new Leica M type 240 started shipping worldwide. Here are the latest updates:
Even though the M9 technology is now over 3 years old, DxOmark tested for the first time the sensor inside the Leica M-E camera. This is their conclusion:
