Leica Rumors

The new Leica ball heads and tripod are now shipping

By LR admin | Published: October 29, 2013

The new Leica ball heads and tripod are now shipping – check the current availability at the Leica Store Miami, B&H and Amazon. Additional information on the new products:

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Leica cameras at the upcoming L&H Photographica Auction in Hong Kong

By LR admin | Published: October 29, 2013

Some information on the upcoming L&H Photographica Auction that will be held on November 17th, 2013 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Hong Kong:

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Leica D-LUX 6 Silver Edition camera announced

By LR admin | Published: October 24, 2013

This is the rumored new compact camera from Leica: a silver edition D-Lux 6 with a price of $799 (same price as the regular D-Lux 6).

Press release:

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Leica Camera presents the photographic exhibition “The Venezuelan wonder – El Sistema and the power of music”

By LR admin | Published: October 24, 2013

El Sistema is the program behind the free musical education of Venezuelan children. Leica Camera presented the photographic exhibition “The Venezuelan wonder – El Sistema and the power of music” at the Salzburg Festival, where the youth orchestra also performed, from July 24 – September 1, 2013.

This video recaps the experience at the Salzburg Festival and delves into the program.

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One of a kind custom white Leica M camera spotted in Japan

By LR admin | Published: October 22, 2013

During the Robert Capa exhibition opening / 100th birthday party at the Leica Ginza Salon, Tokyocamerastyle spotted one of a kind custom white Leica M camera (with leather embossed with the Leica logo) and 50mm f1.4 Summilux lens. The photo was taken by Dr. Andreas Kaufmann from Leica.

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Leica news from around the Web

By LR admin | Published: October 20, 2013

→Check out the new Leica Store Miami online store – they are now the exclusive distributor of Arte di Mano products in the United States. See also their used gear section.

→Gold-plated Leica camera set to fetch £1/2 million.

→See the full list of Leica cameras and lenses for the 24th Westlicht camera auction that will take place on November 23rd, 2013.

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New consumer Leica camera to be announced next week during the PDN PhotoPlus Expo in New York

By LR admin | Published: October 18, 2013

Leica booth at PDN PhotoPlus Expo

Photographicwanderings reports that Leica will announce a new compact/consumer camera during the PDN PhotoPlus Expo in New York next week:

“The company isn’t providing any further details at the moment, other than that Roland Wolff, vice president of marketing for Leica Camera USA, will make the announcement.”

The announcement most likely will take place on October 24th.

Leica recently announced the C type 112 compact camera that has some design features from the latest M.

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