David Farkas, Author at Red Dot Forum

The Leica M (Typ 240) Begins Shipping in the United States

February 28, 2013

At long last, the all-new Leica M (typ 240) has begun shipping in the United States. This highly anticipated camera was announced by Leica at Photokina in September of 2012 and features a host of improvem...

Leica S-System Demo Weekend at Leica Store Miami

David Farkas

February 15, 2013

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As many of our readers know, Dale Photo & Digital is opening Leica Store Miami, which will be one of the premiere Leica store locations in the world. It features a 1,000 square foot gallery, workshop/studio s...

Leica Now Offering 6-Bit Coding for the Leica APO-Telyt-M 135mm f/3.4 ASPH

David Farkas

December 20, 2012

Leica has announced that they are now offering customers the ability to have their Leica APO-Telyt-M 135mm f/3.4 ASPH lenses 6-bit coded. This is a first for Leica, as previously all 135mm lenses were so...

The New Leica S Begins Shipping in the United States

David Farkas

December 17, 2012

As of today, December 17, 2012 we have received word that the new Leica S cameras have begun shipping in the United States. This is great news for a product that Leica announced in mid September at Phot...

Photokina 2012: Day 4 – Compact Cameras: Leica X2, D-Lux 6 and V-Lux 4

David Farkas

October 2, 2012

Leica is really firing on all cylinders this show. The new M is probably the biggest hit of the show. The S camera has some really solid updates and three new S lenses were introduced. But, these weren’t the on...

Photokina 2012 – Red Dot Forum Interview with Jesko von Oeynhausen

David Farkas

September 27, 2012

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It is obvious that Leica has stolen the spotlight at Photokina 2012 with a flurry of new announcements. Possibly the most exciting of their new products is the Leica M, successor to the groundbreaking M9 announ...

Photokina 2012: Day 3 – More Updates on the New Leica M

David Farkas

September 23, 2012

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Obviously, there has been a great deal of interest in the new Leica M. Many people that I talk to here in Cologne think that the M is the standout product of this Photokina. Essentially, it is everything that M...

Photokina 2012: Day 2 – The Leica S (Part 2)

David Farkas

September 21, 2012

After a full rundown of the changes on the new Leica S camera which I covered in Part 1, I wanted to delve into the three new S lenses. Clearly, the announcement of the 30-90mm and the 24mm came as no surprise ...

Photokina 2012: Day 2 – The Leica S (Part 1)

David Farkas

September 20, 2012

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Yesterday was all about the new M. Today, it was all about the S. I’ve been a huge fan of the S system since it was announced at Photokina four years ago. After all, I was standing right there when the S2 was u...

Photokina 2012: Day 1 – The Leica M

David Farkas

September 19, 2012

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Last night I read every piece of available information in the press kit I was handed on my way out of the Das Wesentliche event, on the Leica website and in dealer releases to get a better handle on the new pro...

Photokina 2012: Leica Das Wesentliche Event in Cologne

David Farkas

September 18, 2012

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Leica has been even more secretive than usual lately. Many of my readers and customers assumed with my past early access to the M8, M9, MM, S2, etc. that I knew something about what was coming. Well, I can no...

Leica X2 Review: A Weekend in Berlin

David Farkas

September 15, 2012

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The X1 had been a pretty revolutionary idea when Leica released it alongside the M9 on 9/9/9 three years ago. Forgoing the smaller micro 4/3 sensor format, Leica went larger, opting for an SLR-sized APS-C 12MP ...

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