I noticed lately that more and more new cameras are trying to bring back the “classic” (Leica) look. Was this trend triggered by the Leica M9? Here are two models that just got released in Japan:
GH-TCAM30C camera from Green House:
ViviCam 8027 camera from Vivitar:
| WHO: | Leica Camera invites you to be part of famed Fashion Photographer Chiun-Kai Shih’s Live Portrait Exhibition at the Levi’s® Workshop, powered by the Leica S2. Photographer Chiun-Kai Shih is chiefly know for having captured some of today’s most iconic fashion spreads for various Conde Nast Publications including Vogue Germany and GQ Taiwan, as well as InStyle, Entertainment Weekly and The New York Times. In his work, Chiun-Kai Shih focuses on people’s energy – capturing unexpected moments to create sparks of excitement and true emotion. | |
This Leica S2 advertisement campaign was created by Advico Y & R. There has been some similar advertising for the Leica V-Lux 1 in the past.
Similar to the Leica D-Lux 4 guide, Alexander White just published his latest “Photographer’s guide to the Leica D-Lux 5” book which is now available in PDF format (paperback will start shipping in the next few weeks). The price of the PDF file is $9.95 and can be purchased directly from whiteknightpress.com.
Full press release after the break:
In March of 2011 Herbert Piel will have a photo exhibition at the Leica Gallery in Solms, Germany.
Herbert Piel was born in 1957. He is a member of the German Photographic Society and the German Leica historical society.
Herbert started taking photographs with his father’s Leica IIIg camera when he was ten year old. In 1975 he bought an old Leica M3 and returned it after two weeks because he was not ready to make the switch to rangefinders. Two weeks later he bought the camera again.
Few days ago, another Leica stores opened in Moscow with a photo exhibition from Anthony Suau (his website is currently blacklisted by Google).
Images via flickr. More pictures from the event available here.
Gizmodo reminded us today that 20 years ago Leica introduced their first digital camera – the S1. For the record, Leica S1 was introduced 14 years ago, in 1996. The original B&H article is a nice read to give us an idea how much technology has progressed in the past 14 years.
Here are some of the Leica S1 specs:
Few more pictures of the Leica S1 after the break (source: eBay).
