Category: Leica
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Leica D-Lux 4, Leica D-Lux 3 Digital Cameras Announced : Digital-Lifestyles (alpha remix)
Leica D-Lux 4 Described as, the “Son of M8″ and looking neat in an all-black metal finish, the 10MP D-Lux 4 comes with a 1/1.63″ CCD image sensor, 3.0″ 460k pixel LCD monitor and wide angle zoom covering 24 to 60mm (35mm format) offering a bright f2 aperture, reducing to f2.8 at full zoom. Check…
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Leica announces M8.2 rangefinder update: Digital Photography Review
Pre-Photokina 2008: Leica has launched an updated version of its M8 digital rangefinder camera. The M8.2 features the same body as the M8, but includes the previously optional upgrades announced at PMA in January 2008. These include a low vibration, extra quiet focal plane shutter with the option to re-cock the shutter at a more…
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$11,000 Leica Lens Sees in the Dark | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
An unnamed “French Magazine” has published pictures of a rather spectacular new Leica lens, the Noctilux 50mm ƒ0.95 ASPH (the ASPH means Aspherical, which is a good thing). It will be officially announced at this month’s Photokina show. Check it out here.
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First Leica M8 Fetches 24,000 Euros at Charity Auction
Auction of the First Digital LEICA M8 Closed with Highest Bid of 24,000 Euro Check it out here.
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Leica to Sell Last 100 Noctilux-M 50mm f/1 Lenses – – PopPhotoJune 2008
Leica has announced that it will offer the last 100 Noctilux-M 50mm f/1 rangefinder lenses in a limited-edition package. Check it out here.
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Leica M8 Field Test, Iraq
I have used three different M8’s over the past year in Iraq. The first M8 was a loaner given to me by Leica in the spring of 2007. My second M8 I purchased new in September of 2007. The third was given to me as a replacement when the second M8 malfunctioned. I will try…
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Rare Leica Prototype Sold for $40,000 | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
Here’s an antidote for today’s inevitable Apple overdose, and a tale of a fetish older and more noble than the Cult of Mac. This is the Leica M3 Prototype No.0034, one of 65 made in 1952-53. Check it out here.
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The Future of Leica – – PopPhotoMay 2008
Rochester Institute of Technology, and Leica Camera, proclaimed May 6, 2008 as Leica Day. The daylong event, hosted by RIT, was celebrated with speeches, lectures, tours, slide shows, seminars and parties. Andreas Kaufmann, the CEO of Leica Camera in Solms, Germany was there do donate 20 classic Leica M4-2 and M4-P cameras, each fitted with…
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Bling to match your Pulitzer. – Shoot The Blog
So when you get that award(s), you’ll need something to wear out to remind yourself of it. How ’bout a a kick-ass camera pendant? Seriously. It’s a Leica, too Check it out here.
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Leica Talks About M8 Rangefinder Camera – Digital SLR Blog
“There has been much recent speculation concerning the M8, but we can confirm that the current design remains our most important product for 2008/9. As ownership increases, users seem to really appreciate that it is a faithful reproduction of a true classic M, but in digital form.” Says David Bell (Managing Director, Leica Camera Ltd.,…
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Nuts and Bolts – The Digital Journalist
Bill Pierce: A number of blogs and Web sites have devoted a great deal of space to discussing the recent and somewhat abrupt dismissal of Steven Lee as CEO of Leica. There has been much conjecture as to the reasons and much of that has been centered around the Leica M’s introduction into the digital…
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CANDID CAMERA :: American Way Magazine :: March 1, 2008
It’s at this point that actor Aaron Eckhart usually comes clean. He lowers his Leica M6 camera, introduces himself, and explains what he’s up to. No, he’s not researching the role of paparazzo. He’s just engaging in his favorite pastime — street photography, something he’s done all over the world for the past seven years.…
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Leica issues statement on M8 future news – Amateur Photographer – news, camera reviews, lens reviews, camera equipment guides, photography courses, competitions, photography forums
Statement from Leica Camera AG – 26/02/08 ‘Already, in the working hours since the departure of Steven Lee, the Leica product development team has begun to review the M system strategy. It is too early to say what changes will be made. However, it is likely that the path may differ from the one set…
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Adverblog: Leica's love stories
Scholz & Volkmer has launched an interesting website for Leica, the legendary compact camera brand that is currently trying to reposition itself and earn back the success of the past. Check it out here.
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Leica removes leader of camera business | Crave : The gadget blog
Leica Camera, the German manufacturer of high-prestige but high-price photography equipment, has replaced its top executive, Steven Lee. “The supervisory board of Leica Camera AG today removed Steven K. Lee as member and chairman of the board of management of Leica Camera AG with immediate effect,” the company said in a brief statement Friday. Check…
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5B4: Lee Friedlander Photographs Frederick Law Olmsted Landscapes
This project in particular is interesting because it came at a time when Lee was experimenting with different camera formats and frame ratios. Within the span of the 89 images in Frederick Law Olmsted Landscapes he shifts from his Leica, to a Noblex pivoting lens panoramic camera, to his Hasselblad Superwide, and the results are…
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Magnum Blog / The Khmer Chronicles / Issue Nr 6: You've got 5 minutes – the photo blog of Magnum Photos
Basically I start by making sure there is at least ONE usable picture. No risk taking… Autofocus, straight flash, no fancy composition, the accused smack in the middle of the frame, 5 or six shots. That’s it… Switch to the M8, ambient light (the last firmware update finally delivers acceptable white balance results), 320 ISO…
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5B4: The Americans by Robert Frank 50th Anniversary
It is rare for a photographer that came of age in the 1960’s and 70’s to not cite Robert Frank’s The Americans and Walker Evans’ American Photographs as the two books that inspired them to take up a camera and explore the world. It is lore that gets repeated so often it almost seems disingenuous…
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Richard’s Notes » Blog Archive » Jeff Mermelstein
Jeff Mermelstein walks around New York with his Leica taking pictures. Great commentary on his style and process including his work on 9/11 below. Check it out here.
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Leica Ready to Spring Full-Frame M9 Camera? | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
: Reports are piling up that luxury camera specialist Leica is ready to introduce a new model in its M line of digital rangefinder cameras. Besides the look and feel of Leica’s classic film cameras, the M9 supposedly would have a full-frame image sensor the same size as a 35mm negative, promising image clarity similar…