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      David Farkas
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      33
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      Kirsten Vignes
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      26
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      Kirsten Vignes
      August 11, 2019
      4
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      Victor Quintana
      May 19, 2019
      6
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      David Farkas
      March 4, 2019
      33
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      Luis Mora
      September 12, 2015
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      David Farkas
      February 21, 2021
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      David Farkas
      May 13, 2020
      68
    • Using M Lenses on the Leica CL:
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      Luis Mora
      August 2, 2018
      15
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      David Farkas
      January 9, 2018
      2
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      January 6, 2017
      14
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      April 22, 2020
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      16
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      Kirsten Vignes
      October 11, 2018
      5
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      Josh Lehrer
      July 27, 2018
      10
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      July 13, 2019
      4
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      David Farkas
      December 3, 2018
      1
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      September 30, 2018
      2
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      David Farkas
      September 30, 2018
      17
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      September 30, 2018
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      May 19, 2019
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      February 15, 2026
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      June 17, 2025
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      May 16, 2021
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      May 27, 2018
      1
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      Ricky Stern
      March 22, 2015
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      March 10, 2016
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    Hello everyone,
    I recently joined RDF. Glad to join this community. I purchased Leica Q2 couple of weeks ago. My nature of photography is to shoot street and landscapes and anything abstract. I really love this camera also the 2nd to own a leica in my family, my grandfather had M3 in 1950's. I always wanted to own a leica and glad I got one.…[Read more]

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    ChrisJgreenfield started the topic New Leica user saying ‘Hi’ in the forum General Leica Discussion 6 years, 1 month ago

    Hello from Norfolk in the UK.
    Purchased a used Leica Q and am absolutely thrilled with the camera. My other camera is a Sony A7, one that I use for nightscapes of local historic buildings. Being able to set the aperture and shutter speed on the Q direct from the top plate is something I’ve missed from the Sony, which at times is like using a c…[Read more]

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    I've been relying enjoying and getting a lot of value out of your “Red Dot Camera Talk” discussions on YouTube, and was hoping you might answer this question in that forum.

    I am a current shooter of both Leica M10 and Leica SL2, with a reasonable…[Read more]

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    Today, Leica has announced that the popular D-Lux 7 compact digital camera will be available in all-black version. Since its introduction, the camera has only been offered in a two-tone silver and black. This […]

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