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Leica Announces the Leica M Monochrom

Today, as part of their May 10 event, Leica has announced their new Leica M Monochrom, and what a camera it is! Press release as follows: LEICA M MONOCHROM: THE FUTURE OF BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY ...

Leica Announces the Leica X2 Digital Camera

Today, as part of their May 10 event, Leica has announced the Leica X2 in both Black and Silver. The press release: LEICA X2 – THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE LEICA COMPACT DIGITAL CAMERA Solms, Germany (Ma...

Leica Announces the Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm F/2 ASPH

Today, as part of their May 10 event, Leica has announced the highly anticipated Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm F/2 ASPH, what looks to be their finest performing lens to date: LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-M 50 MM F/2 ASPH.: THE NEW MILESTONE IN LENS CONSTRUCTIO...

Leica Akademie Workshops in Miami Next Month

Leica is doing a great job with the Leica Akademie North America program. I attended the M9 Weekend with Craig Semetko in December and had a fantastic time. This time around, Leica is offering two one-d...

Leica is changing the leatherette used on most M cameras

Leica Camera just announced that they will be changing the Leica M camera leatherette cladding for several M cameras. The following M cameras will soon have a leatherette cladding as opposed to the previous vulcanite cladding: 10703 Leica M9-P, black pain...

Leica D-Lux 5 Firmware Update Version 2.0

Today, Leica has announced Firmware Update Version 2.0 for the D-Lux 5 camera: Solms, Germany (December 16, 2011) - Leica Camera AG announces the release of a new firmware update for the Leica D-Lux 5. U...

Leica M9 Firmware Update Version 1.176

Today, Leica Camera introduced firmware version 1.176 for the Leica M9. This new firmware includes the following updates: 1. Bug fixes: • Fix of a seldom-occurring error when initializing the SD-card. With that firmware update, we revoke the constrict...