Today, 101 years ago, Henri Cartier-Bresson was born. He was consider to be the father of modern photojournalism and of course a Leica user (he used a normal 50mm lens). Here are some Henri Cartier-Bresson related videos:
Update: This is the full length of the Henri Cartier Bresson “Just Plain Love” documentary:
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A very reliable source from France confirmed that there will be a Leica M9 on September 9th (18MP, full frame, not a Canon sensor). I can say that now I am 99% sure about that announcement. The best part is that there will be also another camera announced on that day that “would be very interesting”. Remember what Stefan Daniel said: “there will be no R10 from Leica, but there will be a good solution that allows us to use our R-lenses on a digital body“. So, what is this new camera going to be? Will it take R-lenses? Leca clearly said that they will stay away from m4/3, so that’s out of the question. I will try to gather some more information.
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I received another Leica M9 tip this time from Belgium: it seems that certain stores there were able to pre-order their shipments of Leica M9. The official date mentioned was again September 9th (09.09.09), the sensor will be 18.something MP and the price will be EUR 5,499 street price (around USD 7,800).
This information matches previous Leica M9 rumors (except the Canon sensor – I guess the sensor will be from Kodak).
More on the initial Leica finances post from Amateurphotographer.
Update: this eBay listing may be a scam – the picture is the same as the Leica in the auction in Vienna (thanks for the tip Oliver).
Few months ago, at WestLicht Photographica Auction in Vienna, a Leica M4 Olive (Bundeswehr edition) camera sold for EUR 87,600 (USD 124,000).
Today, a similar camera just sold on eBay for USD20,0000. Somebody got a good deal 🙂
It seems that this Leica collection is still not sold for USD 35,000 (was already listed on eBay few months ago):
