Advertising on LeicaRumors

By LR admin | Published: April 4, 2011

Since I regularly receive inquiries about advertising on LeicaRumors.com, I decided to publish some information online that will answer most of the questions.

Currently there is available inventory for a 300x90px (top right) and 468x60px (above first post) banners. The current price* for the 300×90 banner is $2 CPM (per 1000 impressions) and $3 CPM for the 468×60 banner.

I have the ability to geo-target any of the advertising banners, so if you are a Leica store in Germany for example, your ads can be displayed only in Germany. I can even narrow it down to a specific region, city, etc. Detailed stats will be provided by a third party software and each advertiser will have an account where they can monitor the daily performance of the advertising campaign (CTR, impressions, etc). I accept only photography related advertisers. If you are interested, you can contact me here.

* – Please note that those are the current advertising rates as of April 2011. As the banner inventory fills up, the CPM rates may go up as well.

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Top 10 posts for March, 2011

By LR admin | Published: April 2, 2011

Those are the top 10 most visited LeicaRumors posts for March 2011:

  1. Fuji X100 vs. Leica X1: the gloves are off.
  2. Detailed renderings of the Leica Mirrorless APS-C camera concept.
  3. More FujiFilm FinePix X100 vs. Leica X1 comparisons.
  4. Leica M shooters, don’t forget to take your lens cap off!
  5. Leica X1 firmware v2.0 will be out on March 29th.
  6. Fuji X100 started shipping in Japan, size comparison to Leica M3.
  7. Leica X1 vs. Nikon D300s ISO comparison.
  8. This “Franken Leica/Linhof Stereo M6+Winder+Mini II+Zeiss rig” can be yours for $500,000.
  9. Leica has “couple of nice things coming in 2011″.
  10. Leica working on a new firmware for the M8 and M9 cameras
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Leica photographers: meet Ralph Gibson at the opening reception of his exhibition

By LR admin | Published: March 31, 2011

Leica photographer Ralph Gibson will have an exhibition in the Palm Beach Photographic Centre. The opening reception is on Saturday, April 2nd from 6:00pm till 8:00pm. Admission is free.

For over 50 years Ralph Gibson has consistently pursued and extended the definition of Black & White photography. His images are as much about photography itself as the subject in the picture. Ralph has worked exclusively with the Leica 35mm camera throughout his entire photographic career and has had more than 200 solo exhibitions. He is considered one of the foremost Black & White photographers of his time.

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Leica photographers: Craig Semetko (video)

By LR admin | Published: March 31, 2011

Photographer Craig Semetko talks about his photography, his Leica M9 and MP and his new book “Unposed“:

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Leica X1 firmware update v2.0 before and after AF speed comparison (video)

By LR admin | Published: March 30, 2011

Two days ago Leica released new firmware for their X1 camera. The new firmware mainly contains improvements in the AF/MF functionality – for example the depth of field scale is displayed when in manual focusing mode:

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Leica & Magnum: Past Present Future (video)

By LR admin | Published: March 30, 2011

In February of 2011, Magnum Photos and Leica Camera AG announced a technological and photographic collaboration. Today Leica released a new videos on past, present and future of Leica & Magnum:

Leica & Magnum: Past Present Future from leica camera on Vimeo.

A core principal which framed the establishment of Magnum Photos in 1947 was the belief that photographers should have a point of view in their imagery that transcended any formulaic recording of contemporary events. This tradition continues today with the new series of photographic essays being produced by Magnum and Leica.

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Record number of entries for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2011

By LR admin | Published: March 29, 2011

Leica announced today that this year there is a record number of entries for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award:

International photography competition receives nearly 20% more entries

Solms, Germany (March 28, 2011) – Leica Camera AG announces a record number of entries for the 32nd annual ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award,’ an international professional photography competition. After the deadline for entries closed on March 1, 2011, the jury recorded over 2,000 submissions from photographers in 89 different countries, up from 1,700 entries in 2010. The majority of this year’s submissions came from Germany, the United States, China, France and Russia.

The ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award’ is a highly respected competition for professional photographers. The number of entries continues to grow from one year to the next and within the last three years alone, the number of entries has almost doubled. The increased value of the winners’ prizes in this year’s competition plays a decisive role in this record number of entries. For the first time, the winner of the ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2011’ will receive a Leica M9 camera and lenses worth 9,500 euros (approximately US $13,000), in addition to a cash prize of 5,000 euros (approximately US $7,000). The prize value for the ‘Newcomer Award’, the section of the competition open to all (aspiring) professional photographers aged 25 and under, has also increased with the winner of the first prize awarded a Leica M9 and lenses.

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