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As every year or so, Leica borrows a few cameras to Panasonic which in return gets some lens production and design certification by the German company. This year, for the Photokina 2012, Leica unveiles two cameras which are also available under the Panasonic brand : The Leica D-LUX 6 : this camera has a 24-90mm [...]
Leica adds a special edition to its range of stylistic successes : the Leica X2 Paul Smith. And now, if you want to and can afford it, you can also create your own styled Leica X2 with the new camera customization program called “Leica X2 à la carte”. Leica X2 Paul Smith Photokina 2012, Leica [...]
The yearly photography contest organized by Leica each year since 1980, the Oskar Barnack Award, has now a winner. The Oskar Barnack Award 2012 goes to American photographer Frank Hallam Day for his photo serie called Alumascapes. He receives a Leica M9-P, the latest Leica Full Frame digital rangefinder camera with a lens. The second Grand [...]
David Farkas published an interesting review of the Leica M Monochrom compared to the M9 on the Leica photography gear blog, Reddotforum.com. He tested bot rangefinder cameras with the Leica M-APO-SUMMICRON 50mm lens under dim light, in a church. Take a look at the comparison images. The noise difference is stunning. Even though Leica claimed [...]
July 2011, photography festivales in Arles, France, I have an appointment with Gaëlle from Leica to give me for a few days a Leica M9 and its Summilux 50mm F1.4 lens. I arrive at the Espace VAnGogh where there was an interesting exhibition of old photographs from Mexico… linked to the disappeared suite case of [...]
Yesterday, Leica announced their first digital rangefinder camera for black and white photography only : the Leica M-Monochrom. To put it in a nutshell, the Leica M-Monochrom is a M9 that can not see colors. It gets the same Full Frame 18MP sensor but has no optical low-pass filter nor any Bayer Matrix. This should [...]
When Leica announced the APS-C compact camera in 2009, the Leica X1, we were all quite enthusiastic about that little marvel. A few months later a lot were disappointed by its image quality which does not stand for its huge price, especially when compared with the new generation of compact mirorless cameras. This is going [...]
Mad or genius… Anyway, Leica is not a company like other camera manufacturers. You did not missread : the Leica M-Monochrom is a rangefinder camera fully dedicated to black and white photography. This digital Full Frame range finder camera, the Leica M Monochrom, is based on the M9-P, the revised version of the Leica M9. [...]
The Leica V-LUX 40 is 2012′s version of Leica compact camera based on Panasonic Lumix flasgship : the ZS20/TZ30. Just like the camera produced by Panasonic, the Leica V-LUX 40 has a highly versatile 20x zoom lens which design has been approved by Leica’s engineers. Its 24-480mm equivalent makes it a perfect travel camera. As [...]
I like Leica as brand, but I think more of Leica as a luxury products brand. I reviewed the M9 last summer and loved it but would never be willing to pay what Solms fine marketers are willing to charge us for a M9 with a couple of prime Summarit lenses. If there is an [...]
Leica just launched its yearly photography contest, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award, and opened the dedicated website where you can download your subscription if you want to enter the contest. Note that the applications will be closed on March 1st 2012, so hurry up if you think your photography portfolio is worth trying. What can [...]
It is a tradition at Leica’s on the amateur camera segment to rebrand a Panasonic high-end compact camera. When you can buy a D-LUX 4 which actually is a Lumix LX5. Today, Leica unveils the V-LUX 3, a Leica tagged Lumix FZ150. So, the Leica V-LUX 3 is a 24x optical zoom bridge camera with [...]
