The upcoming Leica M9-P camera will be announced on June 21st, 2011 (+/- 1 day based on your location).
Leica Camera and Magnum Photos announced a technological and photographic collaboration earlier this year. See also the related video “Leica & Magnum: Past Present Future“.
As promised, Leica announced a new compact camera today: the V-Lux 30 which will replace the already discontinued V-Lux 20. The camera is based on the Panasonic ZS10. The prices are as follow: Leica V-Lux 30 – $749, leather case – $140, soft leather case – $130, extra battery – $140.
Japanexposures announced a new version of the smallest M-mount lens available today: the MS Super Triplet Perar 3.5/35 Mark II. The previous version sold out several months ago. The new lens has some minor changes:
The price is ¥59,900/$794 (the first version was ¥49,900). Only 200 Mark II lenses will be hand-assembled in Japan by Mr. Sadoyasu Miyazaki.
The last version of the Leica Compendium book by Erwin Puts is now sold out. Around 1000 copies were printed. The old version went up in price after being discontinued few months ago.
Erwin Puts also published a 129 pages Leica Pocket Guide that can be downloaded for free here.
More Leica books can be found here.
I finally received the latest copy of LFI magazine and this is the short paragraph written in the preview section for next issue:
Here is the video of the official opening of the Leica store in Munich (mainly in German):
Opening of the Leica Store in Munich from leica camera on Vimeo.
I am having the biggest giveaway so far over at PhotoRumors.com: a Fuji X100 camera from Adorama. Head over and try your luck. Check out also the Fuji X100 review, the Leica X1 vs. Fuji X100 comparison and this detailed list of Fuji X100 camera accessories.
Good luck!
