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Leica X-U (Typ 113) Review: Waterproof. Dustproof. Shockproof. A camera for all my adventures.

April 11, 2016

Leica has been setting benchmarks in photography for over 100 years. From the Ur-Leica, the first successful 35mm film camera, to the M8, the first mainstream digital rangefinder, to the Leica S2, the first med...

Leica Announces X-U (typ 113) Waterproof/Shockproof Adventure Camera

David Farkas

January 20, 2016

Today, Leica has announced a new addition to the X System: The X-U (Typ 113).This is Leica's first go at an underwater and shockproof adventure camera, and it looks to be quite the first effort. Based off o...

Leica X Edition Moncler Unboxing

David Farkas

November 21, 2014

Leica Store Miami received its first delivery of the limited edition Leica X Edition Moncler today, so we had an opportunity to do a little special edition unboxing. Enjoy. Click on the thumbnails below to enter into the image gallery.If you want to ge...

Photokina 2014: Day 3 – Hands on with Leica X (Typ 113) and X-E (Typ 102)

David Farkas

September 18, 2014

The X System has been an interesting evolutionary process. First, Leica released the X1 along with the M9 and S2 on 9/9/9. The theme of that launch was that the S2 was the smallest medium format camera, the M9 ...

Photokina 2014: Video interview with Stefan Daniel, Leica Director of Product Management

David Farkas

September 18, 2014

Stefan Daniel, Leica's Director of Product Management walked me through most of the major products introduced at Photokina. Of course, with so many new cameras and lenses, we couldn't go into too much detail on...

Leica X Vario (Typ 107) Review: Looking Beyond the Specs

David Farkas

July 7, 2013

Leading up to the launch of the new X Vario, Leica rolled out a teaser campaign for what they were calling a “Mini M.” The campaign was quite effective at building up anticipation for this new camera. So much so that expectations, mine included, got a little o...

Leica X2 Review: A Weekend in Berlin

David Farkas

September 15, 2012

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 ...