Second free book about street photography

By LR admin | Published: August 29, 2011

Thomas Leuthard (85mm.ch) just published a second free book about street photography called Collecting Souls… What Street Photography means to me. Both books can be downloaded here as a PDF document.

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The latest Leica rumors

By LR admin | Published: August 28, 2011

Those are the latest Leica related rumors I have been receiving:

  • I already mentioned that the next lens to be announced by Leica will be a new 50mm f/2.0 Summicron-M ASPH. A l-camera-forum member recently discovered a new lens code in the latest M9 firmware that is probably designated for the new 50mm Cron:

“Since I had already coded the lens as code 53, I tried the other frame lines. Guess what, code 53-3 (110101 with frame 50/75) brings up a new lens called 50/2. The current 50 summicron (VI and V) and previous version (III) already have codes 33 and 23. So, is this new 53-3 code for an upcoming, new 50 summicron which has been speculated about?”

  • Leica M10 will have live view, announcement at Photokina 2012.
  • Possible Leica lens price increase at the end of 2011. No surprise here since Leica has been raising prices in the last few years. The 50mm Summilux is one of the lenses that will probably get a price increase (current US price: $3695).
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What’s new on eBay?

By LR admin | Published: August 28, 2011

What’s new on eBay? See the Leica eBay fFnds tab.

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Voigtländer Nokton 50mm f/1.1 lens hands-on video

By LR admin | Published: August 27, 2011

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Caught with a Leica

By LR admin | Published: August 27, 2011

Actor Bradley Cooper holding a Leica in the 2009 movie "All About Steve" (co-starring with Sandra Bullock)

Caught with a Leica:
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Panasonic announced new LX5 firmware

By LR admin | Published: August 26, 2011

Today Panasonic announced new firmware for their LX5 camera The main improvements are:

  • Improved AF performance (up to 23% faster on the wide-end)
  • New high ISO NR mode
  • Improved auto white balance
  • Active mode (Power O.I.S)
  • New miniature mode effect
  • Shutter speed limit extended to 250sec
  • Improved shutter operation
I expect that Leica will release a similar firmware update for their D-Lux 5 model in the next few months.
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Leica M “pistol holder”

By LR admin | Published: August 21, 2011

I was actually expecting holders like the one provided with the Leica M9 Titanium limited edition to hit the market right after the camera was announced last year. A reader just sent me a link to Wotancraft.com that makes just that – “Leica M pistol holder”:

There are two different versions available: Hektor ($169) and WWII reporter ($159).

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