Digital Camera Raw Compatibility 3.0 released

By LR admin | Published: February 12, 2010

Digital Camera Raw Compatibility update 3.0 was released with Leica D-Lux 4 support.

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Another M8.2 in white

By LR admin | Published: February 10, 2010

There has been few sightings of this rare white M8.2 – here is another one (the original white limited edition was a M8).

M8.2 in WHITE

M8.2 in WHITE
Originally uploaded by TK / SILLY THING™

Several white Leica M8 cameras are available on eBay.

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Apple’s Aperture 3 released, now with Leica D-Lux 4 support

By LR admin | Published: February 9, 2010

Today Apple released Aperture 3 with RAW support for Leica D-Lux 4. Leica M9 is not on the list of supported cameras.

Amazon is now taking Aperture 3 pre-orders.

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Leica related news/links

By LR admin | Published: February 7, 2010
  • Leica AG is hiring! According to the local newspaper Wetzlarer Neuen Zeitung Leica is looking to hire new employees due to the high demand for their new products. The new positions are:

Industrial Electrician
Industrial Mechanic
Mechatroniker
Industry Sales
IT Specialist
Media Designer
Graphic
Software Developer

“Lam revealed that the company is developing of a cloud-based digital camera that has strong portability and a selling price of less than US$200 and believes the device will create a threat for existing digital camera players such as Canon and Nikon.”

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New Leica Lens Compendium book and a free Leica pocket guide

By LR admin | Published: February 4, 2010

Erwin Puts announced on his website that there will be a new version of the Leica Lens Compendium book which should be available shortly (this explains why the old version goes for over $1000on on eBay and on Amazon).

Erwin Puts also published a 129 pages Leica Pocket Guide that can be downloaded for free here.

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Leica S2 and Summarit-S 70mm now in stock @ Leica SIS

By LR admin | Published: February 4, 2010

In B&H the Leica S2 and the Summarit-S 70mm f/2.5 ASPH lens are listed as “Temporarily unavailable”. If you are interested, the Leica SIS in Palm Beach has both items in stock:

If you buy from the Leica SIS, you can apply 10% of the purchase price toward a workshop at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre (that’s a lot of classes). Update: I was just told that the 10% deal is not valid for Leica equipment.

At the same time the Leica X1 is nowhere to be found in the US but it should be coming to retailers very soon.

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Leica M7 Hermes unboxed

By LR admin | Published: February 3, 2010

photo courtesy of the The PurseBlog

PurseBlog.com has an article about the Leica M7 Hermes edition and gallery of what’s in the box. This is the part I found interesting about the included silver chrome 35mm f/1.4 Summilux-M lens:

“The unique part about this limited lens is that Leica created a new production process to silver anodize the lens’ aluminum alloy barrel and rings; unlike in previous lenses, where the silver chrome effect could only be applied to much heavier brass barrels and rings. As a result, this silver chrome ‘Lux is the same weight as the black anodized version, which is a first for Leica.”

Head over to The PurseBlog and check the remaining details.

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