Show Reports

Leitzpark 3 Opening: The Leica Company Archives

June 27, 2018

Up a back staircase and through a few nondescript double doors, the Leica Company Archives house valuable documents, patents, design sketches, books, photographs, production records, prototype cameras, and more...

Stay tuned for live coverage from Leitz-Park Opening

David Farkas

June 7, 2018

The final stage of Leitz-Park, Leica's incredible corporate campus, is now complete. Josh Lehrer and I are heading to Wetzlar, Germany next week for the Official Opening Weekend. Events start on Friday, June 15...

NAB Show 2017 – New Leica Cine Lenses: Thalia, 15mm Summicron, +0.5 MacroLux and M 0.8

David Farkas

May 22, 2017

During NAB Show 2017, I had a nice chat with Seth Emmons, the Global Marketing Manager for CW Sonderoptic. CW designs and builds the incredible Leica Cine lenses and they had quite a few new items on the roster for the show.For all the details, check out t...

NAB 2017 – Checking out the New Sound Devices MixPre-3 and MixPre-6

David Farkas

May 3, 2017

If you read my pre-NAB announcement of Sound Devices new MixPre-3 and MixPre-6 mixer/recorder/USB interfaces, you'll know how much I was looking forward to checking them out in person in Las Vegas. Starting at ...

The Leica M10: A Discussion with Stefan Daniel and Jesko von Oeynhausen

David Farkas

February 1, 2017

While I was in Germany for the Celebration of Photography Event a.k.a The M10 Launch, I had a chance to sit down for a chat with Jesko von Oeyhausen, product manager for the Leica M10, and Stefan Daniel, Global...

A Celebration of Photography: The Leica M10 Launch Event in Wetzlar, Germany

David Farkas

January 19, 2017

Back in December I received an interesting invitation from Leica. My presence was requested at Leica’s corporate headquarters in Wetzlar, Germany to attend a Celebration of Photography, honoring legendary photographer Joel Meyerowitz. Ok. Meyerowitz is a great...

Photokina 2016 – The Leica SL System

David Farkas

October 4, 2016

With Leica's new focus on professional imaging and nothing new announced for the flagship medium format Leica S System, the Leica SL was the unofficial star of this past Photokina. The Leica S (Typ 007) launche...

Photokina 2016 – Interview with Stephan Schulz, Director of Leica’s Professional Business Unit

David Farkas

October 2, 2016

Towards the end of Photokina, I sat down with Stephan Schulz, the global director of Leica's new Business Unit Professional. We talked about what this new professional business unit would mean for customers, pr...

Setting a new standard with Leica SL Lenses: A discussion with Peter Karbe at Photokina 2016

David Farkas

September 28, 2016

When I showed up for my meeting with Steffen Skopp, the product manager of the SL System, he greeted me and said, "I hope you don't mind, but I invited Peter Karbe to join us for our discussion." How could I possibly mind? Peter Karbe is the head of optics at ...

Photokina 2016 – The Future of the Leica Q

David Farkas

September 26, 2016

While the focus of this Photokina has been clearly centered around Leica's professional products, the entire product range was being shown to show-goers. Product managers for other systems besides the S and SL ...

Photokina 2016 – The Leica Sofort

David Farkas

September 22, 2016

The Leica Sofort has been getting a lot of buzz since the announcement leading up to Photokina and has proven to be a bit of a surprise hit here at the show. After handling the Sofort for myself, I can see why....

Photokina 2016 – Day 1: Checking Out the 50mm Summilux-SL ASPH and Multifunction Handgrip

David Farkas

September 20, 2016

This is now my fifth consecutive Photokina, but walking up the steps to South Entrance on opening day still give me a little rush of excitement. What goodies await inside these hallowed walls?Historically, Leica has usually been in Hall 2.1 (downstairs...