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Leica M by Ive & Newson

Here’s the opportuity to get a Jony Ive and Marc Newson designed one-of-a-kind Leica M Digital Rangefinder Camera with Leica APO-Summicron–M 50mm f/2 ASPH lens. It’s part of the (RED) Auction at Sotheby’s New York this Saturday, November 23. Public viewing is open all week, 10a – 5p and on Saturday 10a – 1p. Sotheby’s is at 1334 York Avenue (at 72th Street)… read more…

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Denz PL to Leica M Adapter

Seen at IBC and PhotoPlus Expo NYC, this new adapter from Peter Denz turns the Leica M into a superb Director’s Finder. The PL-to-M mount adapter provides extra support for heavy PL lenses. It attaches to the latest Leica M 240 in place of the camera’s existing base. (If you’re concerned about warranty, better check in advance.) A sliding cover… read more…

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Leica C

There are three compelling reasons to put a new Leica C in your pocket or purse. Built-In Electronic Viewfinder:  where every Leica owner expects it to be. Size: Shorter than an iPhone (about twice the thickness), you’ll take it everywhere. WiFi: Control the camera from your smartphone and send images online. Images: The pictures look great. Color, contrast, dynamic range… read more…

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Leica Cristina Barcelona

The Leica C is a pocket camera with a unique difference. It has a built-in Electronic Viewfinder. This puts a merciful end to the usual pocket camera tourist salute: camera at arm’s length, eyes squinting at a glary monitor screen that’s impossible to view in sunlight. Leica C’s built-in 200,000 pixel Electronic Viewfinder duplicates the image provided by the push of a button on its 3″ TFT 920,000 pixel LED monitor. And because the 12 Megapixel 1/1.7″ (7.44 x 5.58 mm) sensor is CMOS, the EVF image is live-view in both still and full HD video. read more…

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Leica Camera AG awarded Entrepreneur of the Year

Ernst & Young, the accounting and advisory company, named Leica Camera AG winner of its 17th annual German “Entrepreneur of the Year” award. Leica was selected from 58 finalists. The award was presented at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt. The independent jury of prominent business experts credited Leica’s impressive growth, innovation, organization, strong customer loyalty, social commitment, willingness to invest… read more…

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Leica Store Los Angeles Opening

Leica Camera opened their new flagship Leica Store and Gallery Los Angeles today. Located at 8783 Beverly Boulevard in West Hollywood, the 8,000 square-foot space is an art gallery and store in a beautiful space. read more…

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Leica X Vario

The new Leica X Vario is an APS-C format camera with a 16.5 megapixel CMOS sensor camera and an attached Leica Vario Elmar 18-46 mm f/3.5-6.4 ASHP lens. It does HD video recording at 1920 x 1080 30P, MP4. Style and function follow the Leica M. The Leica X Vario has a compact body whose top piece is machined from solid… read more…

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I Shot It Website

This is in the “why didn’t I think of it” category. There have been film and photo competitions online, but here’s a self-supporting one. Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, majority shareholder of Leica Camera AG, has acquired a 25.1% stake in the Internet company and website “I-shot-it”. You pay a small fee, and www.i-shot-it.com gives you access to take part in photographic… read more…

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2013 Leica Oskar Award

Oskar Barnack, that is. Leica Camera invites professional photographers to submit entries for the 2013 Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Submissions accepts online from  January 15 – March 1, 2013. Details will be posted:  www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com The winner gets a Leica M camera with lens and cash . The Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award for (prospective) professional photographers 25 and under will… read more…

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Leica M Cine

Confirming speculation at Photokina, the imminent Leica M camera portends to be a unique camera for cinema. Just as the 1954 Leica M3 sparked a new style of unobtrusive, documentary-style photojournalism, I think the new M camera will provoke new styles in cinematography. In the days before Hurricane Sandy, we got our hands on a working pre-production Leica M at… read more…

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Photokina 2012 Review and Slideshow

Photokina took place in Cologne from September 18-23. The theme, for me, was full-frame format: 24 x 36 mm, some in bodies lighter and smaller than their APS-C predecessors. Leica introduced the new M, with Leica-designed 24-megapixel CMOS sensor, live view, HD video and compatibility with all previous M rangefinder lenses. Canon’s new 6D has a 20.2 megapixel CMOS sensor…. read more…

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How to Build Leica Summilux-C Lenses

Flippant headline notwithstanding, building Summilux-C lenses is an impressive process. Begin with Christian Skrein’s concept of Leica lenses for motion picture production. Add practical experience from Otto Nemenz, who consulted from the beginning. Get the blessing, vision, and financing from charismatic Leica owner Dr. Andreas Kaufmann. Hire legendary optical designer Iain Neil and equally esteemed mechanical designer Andre de Winter…. read more…

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Leica Camera in Solms

Alfred Schopf, Managing Director of Leica Camera, shows a replica O-series Leica (one of the first 25 produced in 1923-24). It is about the same size as the current Leica X2 camera… read more…

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Munich-Oberkochen-Weiden

On the Optical Autobahn: 2 hours northwest to Oberkochen for a quick visit to ZEISS. New products to be announced at IBC and in our IBC-Cinec issue. Gerhard Baier at the wheel: the landscape flies by in fast-forward 240 km/hr (150 mph) mode. Another 2 hours northwest and we’re in Wetzlar at Leica Land–past the vast construction site where Leica is… read more…

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Summilux-C in Singapore

Rainer Hercher, Director of Band Pro Munich, delivered the first set of the Summilux-C lenses to Asia. Now, I tremble at the writing “the first,” because it usually triggers a fusillade of rebuttals and reminders to stick with the venerable “National Geographic Style”–no firsts, bests, superlatives or adjectives. Nevertheless, this Singapore sighting is significant. Leica Summilux-C production seems to be… read more…

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LEICA M9-P Edition Hermès

The LEICA M9-P Edition Hermès was one of the new cameras presented at C/O Berlin Leica Event on May 10. This is the third limited-edition done in collaboration with the Hermès since 2003. While New York may have been ululating lately over Mark Zuckerberg’s hoodie, Berlin liked the cool black T-shirt of Andreas Kaufmann, Chairman of the Leica Camera Supervisory Board juxtaposed… read more…

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LEICA M MONOCHROM

Today Leica Camera AG introduced the Leica M Monochrom for full-frame, 35 mm black-and-white still photography. read more…

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Leica C/O Berlin

  More than 500 guests and hosts traversed the red carpet to Leica Camera’s “Das Wesentliche” (The Essential) event this evening in Berlin’s historic C/O center, a former royal post office (hence c/o, and its additional curatorial/obligations). We were treated to an encore performance of selected works by the Berlin Philharmonic’s magnificent 12 cellists, including “The Man with the Harmonica”… read more…

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Something’s Brewing in Berlin

Something’s brewing in Berlin. And it’s not the beer. Your intrepid and sleepless FDTimes reporter is here to attend a major LEICA product announcement on Thursday, May 10. Tonight is the overture, the warm-up for things to be revealed. Andreas Kaufmann and Alfred Schopf explained that the Berlin event was planned because there are too many new product announcements to wait… read more…

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New Leica Headquarters

Leica Camera AG broke ground on April 25, 2012 for new headquarters at Leitz Park in Wetzlar. read more…

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