Underwater housing for Leica M8

By LR admin | Published: April 26, 2010

Model # UHR-LM8

More pictures available here, here and here.

Features (source):

  • Features: most of the camera
  • View staff: through the glass in their own display / viewfinder available
  • External synchronization: Nikonos 5pin
  • Depth: 45 m
  • Housing: Aluminium
  • Glass: Optical, without additional coatings
  • Other: acrylic resin / copper / steel
  • Size: 190 x 113 x 132 mm
  • Weight: 1000 g (on the ground and without cameras), 100 g (under water / camera)
  • Included: Spare ring / fluid to remove silicone grease ring / silicone gel
  • Price: 6,000 Euros (aprox. 8,000 US$)

More detailed specifications after the break (source):

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Leica V-Lux 20 already on eBay

By LR admin | Published: April 26, 2010

There is already a listing on eBay France for the Leica V-Lux 20 camera with an auction end date of May 1st. The camera is expected to be released to stores at the end of April, 2010:

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Leica V-LUX 20 spotted in Tokyo

By LR admin | Published: April 24, 2010

The new Leica V-Lux 20 was spotted at the Ginza Leica shop in Tokyo:

Leica V-LUX 20

Leica V-LUX 20 Originally uploaded by Nokton

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What happened to the new 35mm Summilux lens?

By LR admin | Published: April 23, 2010

No, the new 35mm Summilux lens is not officially announced yet. The pdf brochure is now removed from one of the international Leica sites that leaked it earlier this week. The availability date on the document was listed as “End of March 2010”.

The leaked 35 lux pdf document was labeled as “info#9” and was created before the Leica M9 firmware update document, which was labeled as “info#12”. The M9 firmware was announced on March 15. Obviously the new 35 Summilux-M lens was ready to be released in the February- March time frame (see previous post here and here) but something changed that in the last moment. Maybe some exotic type of glass was hard to get or maybe Leica decided to produce enough pieces before the announcement, since this lens is expected to become an instant best seller.

Would you buy the new 35 Lux? Here is a small poll:


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Leica M9: “Best Prestige Camera” for 2010

By LR admin | Published: April 22, 2010

I would never know that there is a category for “Best Prestige Camera”. According to TIPA, in 2010 this award goes to the Leica M9. Last year the award went to the M8.2. You can see all Leica awards here.

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Apple releases Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.2 with Leica S2 support

By LR admin | Published: April 22, 2010

Direct link.

Update: Adobe also released Lightroom 2.7.

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Leica S2 firmware update

By LR admin | Published: April 22, 2010

Press Release:

22 April 2010: Leica Camera AG has announced a firmware update (v.1.0.0.16) for the LEICA S2 and S2-P, which will be downloadable from today under the Leica Owners’ Area on the Leica web site at:

https://owners.leica-camera.com/en/login

Below is the full list of improvements provided by this firmware update:

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