Leica Rumors

Evgenia Arbugaewa wins the 2013 Leica Oskar Barnack Award for her project Tiksi

By LR admin | Published: June 5, 2013

Solms, Germany (June 5, 2013) – The first prize in Leica Camera’s highly prestigious annual photography competition, the “Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2013” goes to Siberian-born Evgenia Arbugaeva. For her winning submission, a project titled Tiksi, Arbugaeva will receive a Leica M camera valued at €10,000 and a cash prize of €5,000. The second-place winner in the competition, Ciril Jazbec, will be presented with the “2013 Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award” and a Leica M camera and lens. The prizes will be presented at the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles, France, on July 3, 2013.

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Arte di Mano cases and straps for Leica cameras

By LR admin | Published: June 4, 2013

The Leica Store in Miami published an article on their website describing the different Arte di Mano products – one of the best fitted cases for Leica cameras available today:

The Arte di Mano half case for your Leica M Type 240 is made of impressible tanned leather and is soft to the touch. The snug fit of this case stays on firmly with silver accented snaps positioned at the top. The design of the open back half case lets the optional EVF and Thumbs-up be used. If you like to use tripods, the bottom of this case has a nicely embedded tripod mount. Hand-made in Korea by master leather artisans, this soft leather case will help improve your grip and also protect your Leica M Type 240.

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Leica to unveil a new special edition camera on June 20th

By LR admin | Published: June 4, 2013

Update: please note that Leica Store LA opening is an invitation only event and it is not open to the public.

With the opening of their new flagship store in LA on June 20th, Leica is planning to unveil also a new special edition camera during the event. Could this be the limited edition Leica M designed by Jonathan Ive that is expected for 2013?

The sculpture by the Chinese artist Liao Yibai will most likely be a huge stainless steel replica of a Leica rangefinder.

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Leica Mini M: “larger than usual sensor for its relatively small body”

By LR admin | Published: June 4, 2013

Leica camera published another teaser on their Facebook page with the text:

“Only one week left: Get a hands-on experience at our Leica Authorized Dealers on June 11 when all will be revealed about the newest Leica family member, including its larger than usual sensor for its relatively small body.”

The larger sensor is a new twist, since previous reports indicated an APS-C based camera. Keep in mind that this doesn’t necessarily mean a full frame sensor – they may use a 18 x 27mm sensor with 1.33x crop factor similar to the Leica M8.

The front of the lens also seems to be different from the previously leaked picture:

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Firmware 1.002 for Leica Monochrome released

By LR admin | Published: June 4, 2013

Leica Camera released firmware update 1.002 for the Leica Monochrome rangefinder. The improvements are:

Bugfix to improve stability in “Discreet”-Mode
Linguistic improvements in French, Italian
Improved stability when the camera is connected to USB

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More Leica Mini M rumors

By LR admin | Published: June 3, 2013

Another, most likely photoshopped, picture of the Leica Mini M surfaced on Facebook. The body and the specs are different from the info that leaked last week. The lens is now listed as f/2.8-4.0 which is much better than the previous f/3.5-6.4.

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