The new Leica D-Lux 6 ($799) and V-Lux 4 ($899) compact cameras are expected to start shipping in the US next week (around Tuesday). Dale Photo and Digital is currently accepting pre-orders for both models. Some sample images taken with the D-Lux 6 can be found here.
This customized Leica M9 in Ruthenium was created by HRR Manufaktur in Germany. My understanding is that they will be making a limited number of these M9’s. Price and availability is not public yet. The attached lens is the Noktor 50mm f/0.95 Hyperprime (there is currently one listed on eBay).
Two more images of the customized Ruthenium M9 after the break:
The next Tamarkin & Bertoldi Vintage Auctions will be held this weekend – Saturday and Sunday, October 27 & 28, 2012 and will include 549 lots of rare and collectible photographic items from Leica, Nikon, Hasselblad, Rollei and others:
In a series of articles on full frame cameras, Chipworks covered also the new MAX 24 MP full frame sensor that will be used in the new Leica M and basically described it as a game changer based on the 6µm pixels and 0.11µm/90nm design rules:
Used Leica M9 digital rangefinders currently sell for slightly above $4,000 on eBay (completed listings) – this is around $1,500 less than a brand new Leica M-E (priced at $5,450). With the exception of the frame selector, USB port and color/material, the M9 and M-E are basically identical cameras. Here are some of the active Leica M9 eBay listings. B&H sells used M9s for $5,200, Adorama has one for $4,349.
This video continues our series of features on the photographers of Facing Change: Documenting America, a non-profit collective of prominent photographers and writers who have come together to explore the United States during one of the most enduring times in the nation’s history. The work of Danny Wilcox Frazier focuses on traditional rural culture and some of the poorest and forgotten areas in the Great Plaines.
Today’s guest post is by Iain Parker (www.zvezdaphoto.co.uk) who documented his trip to Japan, Australia, India and Nepal with a Leica M7:
In May-August of this year my wife Ulyana and I went on our honeymoon, four counties in three months, Japan, Australia, India and Nepal. Ulyana is a painter and I am a photographer. My choice of cameras for the trip were my M7 with 28mm Elmarit ASPH and an X100 for digital work, a small and relatively light weight kit. I chose the M7 over my a la carte MP with 50mm Summilux ASPH for the simple reason that the M7 is my trusty old work horse and the wider angle of lens would be more beneficial on the road. For street photography the M7 is an ideal tool, being that bit quicker to use in the field than the fully manual MP. I tend to use one camera and lens combination when travelling or working as I find this enables me to be present a lot more effectively than thinking about which lens is better to use, the camera and lens become part of you, the extension of the eye. Although it may appear to be a bit restrictive I find it easier to move myself in and out of the picture by this process.
I have owned several Leica M’s over the years including a digital model, but have always been drawn to the film versions, the M7 and MP with the lenses mentioned and with the edition of the 35mm Summarit, although the ‘cheaper’ 35mm lens in the Leica stable, it is a wonderful little lens that I prefer to the Summicron for its characteristics and picture quality. As with all photographic equipment using it in the field is the most important and you should trust your equipment implicitly not to let you down, and more so as a photographer, to get the best use out of it without gathering dust in cupboard.
