Category: Leica
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Leica T System Impressions and Use
Link: Leica T System Impressions and Use The word sexy is one that I have never used before in relation to a camera. Not no how. Not ever. That’s just not the way that I speak or write. But when I recently attended a meeting in New York with senior Leica management, and the new…
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Leica Launches Leica T (Typ 701) Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera System (Hands-On Review)
Link: PDNPulse » Leica Launches Leica T (Typ 701) Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera System (Hands-On Review) After a few days of testing out the snazzy and compact Leica T, I actually found it to be quite a good camera for street photography, with a responsive but sublimely quiet shutter that makes it a solid alternative…
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Leica T 701 camera website is now live
Leica T 701 camera website is now live – Leica Rumors Update: The Leica T is now officially announced. Pricing and pre-order options can be found here. The official website for the new Leica T camera is now live at http://www.s.leica-camera.com/Photography/T-System/The-Leica-T-Story (update: the site is now via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2014/04/23/leica-t-website-now-live.aspx/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LeicaRumors+%28LeicaRumors.com%29
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Leica cameras, Jürgen Schadeberg and South African photo journalism (video)
Leica cameras, Jürgen Schadeberg and South African photo journalism (video) – Leica Rumors This video is for film camera shooters. In it, celebrated photographer Jürgen Schadeberg talks about the beautiful Leica cameras he has used in his career. He has taken some of the most iconic photos of apartheid-era South Africa with them. Only this…
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Lomography announced new RUSSAR+ lens for L39/M mounts
Lomography announced new RUSSAR+ 20mm f/5.6 lens for L39/M mounts – Leica Rumors Today Lomography announced their new 20mm f/5.6 RUSSAR+ ART lens for L39 and M mounts. This lens is a rebirth of the legendary 1958 Russar MR-2, the mother of all modern non-SLR super wide-angle lenses. The lens is designed by Lomography and manufactured via Leica Rumors:…
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New Leica S medium format camera coming at Photokina with a 40-50MP CMOS sensor and 4k video
New Leica S medium format camera coming at Photokina with a 40-50MP CMOS sensor and 4k video – Leica Rumors Digipixelpop talked with a Leica rep at the 2014 NAB show and was told that the next Leica S will be announced at Photokina (September) with a new 40-50MP CMOS sensor and 4k video: “Talking…
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Why Did Leica Kill the R Series?
Link: Why Did Leica Kill the R Series? | La Vida Leica! Even today with the Leica M (Type 240) posing as the “R solution” we were promised years ago… It’s sad to see – at least the lenses – end this way
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Kelsey Fain: Conceptual Fashion Photography with the Leica S-System
Link: Kelsey Fain: Conceptual Fashion Photography with the Leica S-System « The Leica Camera
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“Let Us Roam” is a short film series about skateboarding presented by Leica Camera
“Let Us Roam” is a short film series about skateboarding presented by Leica Camera – Leica Rumors Let Us Roam is an ongoing short film series supported by Leica Camera. This series features stories about photographers, artists, filmmakers and musicians inside of the skateboarding culture. For many, skateboarding is a lifestyle that breeds creativity, via…
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Joel Meyerowitz – My life with Leica (take three)
Joel Meyerowitz – My life with Leica (take three) – Leica Rumors Third and final part of the interview that Leica Akademie Italy has made with Joel Meyerowitz in Milan. The american master talks about the Leica S medium format camera, and how this camera is capable of delivering an image quality that he was…
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Joel Meyerowitz: My Life with Leica (part 2)
Joel Meyerowitz: My Life with Leica (part 2) – Leica Rumors Second part of the interview that Leica Akademie Italy has made with Joel Meyerowitz in Milan, in which the American master talks about the Leica M, a camera that has been his tool of choice for street photography in the ’60 and ’70, and…
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Joel Meyerowitz – My Life with Leica
Link: Joel Meyerowitz – My Life with Leica | La Vida Leica! Leica Akademie Italy has met Joel Meyerowitz, soon after the opening of his latest exhibition in Milan, and interviewed him about his life long “love” for Leica cameras, from the first Leica M2 in the sixties to the Leica M9, M and S…
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The Leica Monochrom “Ralph Gibson” camera priced at €21K is sold out
The Leica Monochrom “Ralph Gibson” camera priced at €21K is sold out – Leica Rumors The limited edition Leica Monochrom “Ralph Gibson” camera is (was) priced at 21,000 Euros (around $28,000). A total of 35 units were produced and my understanding is that they all sold out very quickly, just like any other Leica special…
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Updated video rendering of the new Leitz Park (Leica Camera AG headquarters in Wetzlar)
Updated video rendering of the new Leitz Park (Leica Camera AG headquarters in Wetzlar) – Leica Rumors Leica Camera published some new renderings from Leitz Park – Leica Camera’s new headquarter located in Wetzlar, Germany (see the first video rendering here). There is still no firm date on the official opening, but based on the latest…
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Review: using Leica M lenses on the 36MP Sony A7r mirrorless camera
Review: using Leica M lenses on the 36MP Sony A7r mirrorless camera – Leica Rumors This review on using Leica M lenses on the Sony A7r 36mp camera is by Tom Grill (Web | Blog, click on images for larger view): As a Leica owner, I was immediately intrigued when I saw the first announcements of a full-frame,…
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Andrea Urban: Leica X2 Gagosian Edition
Link: Andrea Urban: Leica X2 Gagosian Edition « The Leica Camera Leica Camera recently announced its collaboration with Gagosian Gallery on the new, limited edition Leica X2 Gagosian Edition. The camera features all-metal construction and black paint splotches dot the camera’s high-grip white leather trim in an Expressionist style. Below, Andrea Urban, the Creative Director…
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Die Welt: “Leica’s nightmare is Sony”
Die Welt: “Leica’s nightmare is Sony” – Leica Rumors Few weeks ago the German magazine Die Welt published an article called “Leica’s nightmare is Sony” where they discussed the new a7/a7r mirrorless full frame cameras from Sony (currently in stock at B&H). The only real similarities between a Leica M and So via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2013/11/26/die-welt-leicas-nightmare-is-sony.aspx/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LeicaRumors+%28LeicaRumors.com%29 Few weeks ago the…
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Leica Camera AG takes over Sinar Photography AG, the Swiss manufacturer of view cameras
Leica Camera AG takes over Sinar Photography AG, the Swiss manufacturer of view cameras – Leica Rumors Leica Camera AG bought Sinar Photography AG – a manufacturer of view cameras: On Monday, Leica Camera AG, Solms, finalized the takeover of Sinar Photography AG, Zurich, the Swiss manufacturer of view cameras. Both companies have agreed that the…
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Leica M camera designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson for RED sold for $1.8 miilon
Leica M camera designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson for RED sold for $1.8 million – Leica Rumors The Leica M custom made camera by Jony Ive and Marc Newson for (RED) sold for $1,805,000 at Sotheby’s charity auction in New York (hammer price with buyer’s premium). The camera was initially expected to reach…
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Special edition Leica designed by Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson
Special edition Leica designed by Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson A one-off to be sold at auction in November, the proceeds will go to AIDS, TB and malaria charities. Since the Leica M costs $7k in its normal incarnation, heaven knows what a special edition, cut … via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/10/08/leica-designed-by-jon-ive-and.html Stacy Kranitz’s work “As…