Poll: are you using Leica M cameras professionally?

By LR admin | Published: August 4, 2011

My last post got me wondering how many people are using Leica M camera professionally (i. e. earning money from the pictures you take with it). If you own a Leica M camera, please vote:

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Leica investigating SanDisk memory cards issues with the M9

By LR admin | Published: August 4, 2011

Photographer Gil Lavi described on his blog in details his experiences with a brand new Leica M9 camera and different SanDisk memory cards, mainly from the Ultra/Extreme series. His camera crashed on several occasions and he lost multiple images, some of which were written as 0 KB file size. Similar issue occurred with a second M9 camera and different SanDisk memory card:

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Leica Camera, Inc. announces appointment of Roland Wolff as Director of Corporate Retail

By LR admin | Published: August 4, 2011
Roland Wolff

Roland Wolff (blue shirt) at the Leica store opening in Palm Beach (credit: Bill Antalek)

Allendale, NJ (August 3, 2011) – Leica Camera, Inc. announced today the promotion of Roland Wolff from Director of New Business Development to his new position as Director of Corporate Retail. In this role, Mr. Wolff will be responsible for the implementation of Leica Stores and Leica Boutiques as part of the Leica Camera retail concept in the Americas. These stores and boutiques have internationally become destinations for new and existing Leica customers to experience Leica’s premium products first hand, resulting in an unparalleled buying and service experience.

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Leica Super Elmar M 21mm f/3.4 ASPH lens delayed in Japan

By LR admin | Published: August 3, 2011

image credit: David Yang

Leica Camera Japan announced that it will postpone the launch of the new Leica Super Elmar M 21mm f/3.4 ASPH lens. No reasons for the delay or specific release date were given.

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Remembering Henri Cartier-Bresson

By LR admin | Published: August 3, 2011

Henri Cartier-Bresson died seven years ago on August 3rd, 2004. Here is an old interview he gave to Charlie Rose:

Via Aphotostudent

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DNG to NEF file converter

By LR admin | Published: August 3, 2011


Update: there is a new version of this software.

If you have an established Nikon Capture NX2 workflow and recently bought a Leica M9 camera, this DNG to NEF converter created by Miguel Bañón is for you:

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Free ebook about street photography

By LR admin | Published: August 2, 2011

Thomas Leuthard (85mm.ch) published a free ebook about street photography called Going Candid… An unorthodox approach to Street Photography. The direct download link is here.

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