Category: Leica
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Leica X1 Field Review – Luminous Landscape
Link: Take the 12.2 Megapixel Sony-fabricated sensor that’s likely the same one found in the Nikon D300, put it in a pocket-sized Leica-designed body with a Leica 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit lens, have someone else build it but complete the assembly and testing in Solms, Germany, and what do you have? The Leica X1, if course.
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LeicaShots | Pictures from the best cameras in the world
Link: LeicaShots aims to show some of the best pictures from the thousands of unknown Leica shooters worldwide. They get a chance to tell their stories behind the pictures, as well as why they choose a Leica as their trusted companion.
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Leica S2 Field Test on Vimeo
Link: Jack Howard and Mason Resnick, along with Leica Camera’s Amy Kosh, spend an afternoon shooting with the new 37.5 megapixel medium format Leica S2 at the Union Square Holiday Market and in an impromptu portrait session.
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Words – Erwin Puts
Link: the Editors choose the Leica M9 as an Editors Choice subject. The capture reads: finally a digital rangefinder that lets you think like a 35mm photographer. How is it to think like a 35mm photographer? The explanation notes that the M9 now has the same angle of view as the M7 or earlier Leica…
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Leica – A Different View
Link: Michael was kind enough to ask for my opinion on the letter. I shared some thoughts with him and he then encouraged me to write these as a “counterpoint” to his letter. Rather than being a counterpoint, I would suggest that my thoughts represent a slightly different point of view that is complementary in…
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Thom Hogan Considers – What's Next For Leica? – Luminous landscape
Link: The Leica M9 is, as many have suggested, simply an M7 that has a full-frame digital sensor. This is actually a key aspect of both the M9’s successes and failings. The M7-design part is the core of the success: a long-proven design sits at the heart of the M9. But the digital aspect is…
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Leica M9: field test and hands-on review video | Leica Rumors
Leica M9 – Field Test and Hands-on Review – DigitalRev.com World’s first video of a field test of the Leica M9(http://bit.ly/Leic-M9), the first full frame rangefinder with a groundbreaking Kodak sensor and improveme… via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/YMok4yGluhE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0
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NorthJersey.com: Leica president focused on big picture
Link: It was just a job. I was a year and a half out of college, and at the time it was just a job. I really wasn’t familiar with Leica, other than I owned a 35mm camera. But when you work here you quickly learn about Leica and what a fabulous brand it is.
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DxO Fuss over M9 Review – Erwin Puts
Link: Recently test results of the Leica M9 from DxO created some consternation among M9 owners and possibly prospective owners.
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David Farkas Photography Blog: Using the Leica S2
Link: Even though I wasn’t out to review a new camera, but rather just use it for myself, I did take note of a few things
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Arianti Darmawan: An Architect’s Eye « The Leica Camera
Link: My husband’s Canon DSLR cannot be directly compared to the Leica M, and when I was using it as a novice my photographic knowledge was a lot more limited. My general impression is that a DSLR is more suitable for shooting bursts and fast action compared to a rangefinder camera, but that the Leica…
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Leica D-Lux 5, V-Lux 2 and a black X1 announced | Leica News & Rumors
Leica D-Lux 5, V-Lux 2 and a black X1 announced – Leica Rumors Engadget has many pictures of the new Leica products. Full press releases after the break: The new LEICA D-LUX 5 – The compact digital Leica camera with system character Solms, Germany (September 21, 2010) – Leica Camera is proud to present a…
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Leica M9 – Field Test and Hands-on Review – DigitalRev.com
Leica M9 – Field Test and Hands-on Review – DigitalRev.com World’s first video of a field test of the Leica M9(http://bit.ly/Leic-M9), the first full frame rangefinder with a groundbreaking Kodak sensor and improveme… via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/YMok4yGluhE?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0 Chang W. Lee, a staff photographer for The New York Times, aspires to a 1.000 average. “In the playoffs,…
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Paul Ripke: That ‘Leica Feel’ « The Leica Camera
Link: Norway is my favorite country on Earth, but life near a warm sea with fresh octopus hanging on racks has its perks as well
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2010 Mini Medium Format Shoot-out
Link: While the size of the Leica file is smaller than those of the medium format cameras, and therefore display smaller at 100% magnification on screen, we observe that the Leica files have the best sharpness and resolution of all compared here.
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Claire Atkinson at 22: A Young Brit Reveals Us To Ourselves With Her Leica M6, Part 1 « The Leica Camera
Link: Claire Atkinson captures the human condition in her hometown of Manchester, UK. As a young photographer she as surprisingly distinct preference for film over digital capture, using a Leica M6 with 50 mm f/2 Summicron lens as her camera of choice. Perhaps it’s a little too soon to label her as a rising star, but her…
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Post-War Sufferance: An Interview with Andy Spyra « The Leica Camera
Link: Andy Spyra is a young photographer who has made documenting the impacts of the war and genocide in Bosnia his project. This year, the 26-year old was awarded the Oskar Barnack Nachwuchspreis for up-and-coming photographers. During his latest reports, Andy Spyra used the Leica M9 – a camera he appreciates especially “in the context…
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Leica M9: Extended range – BJP
Link: One year after first testing the Leica M9, Jonathan Eastland finds there’s still room for improvement from this “nearly perfect” digital rangefinder. But short of some adjustments to body shape and JPEG reproduction, the greatest development has been the introduction of the Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH
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Returning to the Leica Rangefinder Fold
Link: The disease progressed quite rapidly. The initial infection, the X1, occurred in August. By September a Leica M9 was on order and the fever was beginning. By October, a 35 mm Summilux ASPH joined the M9 and from then on it was all downhill. The fever only abated after I’d picked up a bunch…