Leica M9-P now in stock

By LR admin | Published: October 26, 2011

A black Leica M9-P now in now stock at B&H:

This won’t last long. In case is sold out, Popflash also has some in stock.

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Interesting interview with Stefan Daniel

By LR admin | Published: October 25, 2011

Megapixel had an interview with Stefan Daniel (Director Product Management at Leica Camera AG). Some of the interesting points:

  • Leica is in the process of creating a special order department to handle custom and limited edition versions.
  • In terms of announcing new products, Leica has “a strong focus on 2012“.
  • On the size of the sensor in a potential Leica mirrorless camera: “Leica with an interchangeable lens should have at least an APS-sized sensor“.
  • On the optical vs. digital viewfinder: “I think that the quality of the 1.4MP finders is already very good, and sometimes even more accurate than an optical finder, think of white balance or exposure. Over time, as technology is improving, optical finders will get less and less important. The X100 finder is a very nice concept and well executed”.

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Leica D-LUX 5 Titanium limited edition now in stock

By LR admin | Published: October 24, 2011

Amazon, Adorama, Popflash and Acephoto currently have the new Leica D-LUX 5 Titanium limited edition camera in stock:

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More details on the Leica Akademie North America 2012 program

By LR admin | Published: October 24, 2011

I mentioned the new Leica Akademie North America program for 2012 few days ago. Here is some more information on the different classes:

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Third edition of the Leica Compendium book coming in November, 2011

By LR admin | Published: October 22, 2011

Erwin Puts will be releasing a third edition of his “Leica Compendium” book this November:

“There is such a demand for my Leica Compendium book that a third printing is necessary. It will become available end November 2011 and is printed in very limited numbers.”

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Leica Akademie North America 2012 program

By LR admin | Published: October 21, 2011

Leica Camera announced the 2012 schedule of workshops. The links below will bring the summary and registration page for each workshop. A PDF file of the schedule can be found at www.leicaakademie.com.

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The story of the 350kg stainless steel “Fake Leica”

By LR admin | Published: October 20, 2011

As promised, here is the story of the 350kg stainless steel Leica camera from the Foto Henny Hoogeveen Leica store in Lisse, the Netherlands:

The sculpture was created by the Chinese artist Liao Yibai. There are only three copies of this “Fake Leica”: one is located in the store in Lisse, Leica Camera AG got the second one and a distributor got the third copy.

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