Leica with record sales in third quarter of fiscal year 2010/2011

By LR admin | Published: February 2, 2011

 

After a series of positive financial results (Q1 of 2010/2011 and annual 2009/2010) today Leica reported record sales in third quarter of fiscal year 2010/2011:

According to preliminary computations Leica Camera Group has increased its sales as at the end of the third quarter of the current fiscal year by 73 % to € 186.4 million as compared to the corresponding period in the previous fiscal year (€ 107.6 million). EBIT rose from € 13.9 million as at the end of the first half year to € 28.9 million as at the end of the third quarter (prior year period: € –0.3 million). The Company’s order inflow remains at a high level. With Group sales of € 75.5 million (prior year period: € 48.1 million) the third quarter of the current fiscal year was the best quarter of Leica Camera AG since the Company’s IPO in 1996.

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Ricoh to announce Leica lens unit for the GXR system

By LR admin | Published: January 31, 2011

image credit: DC Watch

Rumors about a Leica mount cartridge for the Ricoh GRX system have been floating around for a while. A prototype was shown at the CP+ show last year. AP just broke the news that the unit is about to be announced – it will have a 12.9MP 23.6×15.7mm APS-C size CMOS sensor and a newly-developed focal plane shutter. The unit is expected to be released in autumn of 2011.

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Auto lens cap for Leica X1

By LR admin | Published: January 30, 2011

I just noticed that eBay also has auto lens cap for the Leica X1 (see D-Lux 5 auto lens cap). Several different resellers are offering them for around $30 incl. free shipping.

Here are some other Leica X1 accessories found on eBay:

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New Leica S2 grid focusing screen

By LR admin | Published: January 28, 2011

This new Leica S2 focusing screen will start shipping soon to authorized dealers:

The current Leica S2 universal focusing screen does not have grid lines.

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Leica V-Lux 20 deal at Adorama

By LR admin | Published: January 27, 2011

When you purchase a Leica V-Lux 20 camera from Adorama, you will also get a free V-Lux 20 leather case (value $125),  leather SD card holder (value $35) and a free additional Leica battery:

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Leica D-Lux 5 vs. Panasonic LX 5 image comparison

By LR admin | Published: January 27, 2011

The Leica D-Lux 5 and Panasonic LX5 are basically identical cameras manufactured by Panasonic in Japan. The Leica version has a more clean design (no grip and labels). The rest of the differences are: LX5 comes with Silkpix Studio (retails for $100), has one year warranty and costs $400. The D-Lux 5 comes with Adobe Lightroom (retails for around $260, currently there is a $100 rebate), has 2 years warranty, costs $800 and usually has better resale value. In addition to those differences, both cameras have different firmware. The menu is almost identical with some small exceptions, mainly the way some features are called and where they are positioned:

I did several JPG comparison between both cameras to see if I can spot any differences.

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Leica R10 and M9 design concepts

By LR admin | Published: January 23, 2011

The above video shows a design concept for a Leica R10 camera by Pirela Neuman. This is just the artist’s view on how a digital R10 would look like and is not related to Leica AG in any way (I have to say this because there were some misunderstandings in the past). You can also check the 3D rendering of a Leica M9 “Pirela Neuman edition” on his website:

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