David Farkas, Author at Red Dot Forum

Photokina 2014: Day 4 – Leica compacts get upgraded with D-Lux (Typ 109) and V-Lux (Typ 114)

September 20, 2014

There has been a lot of excitement at the show around Leica’s two new compact cameras, the Leica D-Lux (Typ 109) and the Leica V-Lux (Typ 114). Admittedly, there is tons of excitement around pretty much all of ...

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...

Photokina 2014: Day 2 – Everything you need to know about the Leica S (Typ 007)

David Farkas

September 18, 2014

With my focus on the M yesterday, I wanted to dedicate my second day at the show to the new Leica S (Typ 007). As the third generation in the S family (I’m not counting the old S1 as it’s a totally different an...

Dr. Andreas Kaufmann’s one-of-a-kind M240 spotted at Photokina 2014

David Farkas

September 17, 2014

So while I was waiting for an interview in the press area of the Leica booth earlier in the day, I noticed Dr. Kaufmann, the owner of Leica camera, sitting with a few people at one of the tall cocktail tables o...

Photokina 2014: Day 1 – Leica M System

David Farkas

September 16, 2014

I arrived at the Koelmesse this morning, headed up the familiar steps of the South Entrance and made my way to Leica’s huge booth, again occupying the entirety of Hall 1.The place is enormous with areas for eac...

Leica T (Typ 701) Review

David Farkas

April 24, 2014

Mirrorless or EVIL (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens) cameras have become increasingly popular since the first Panasonic micro 4/3 systems came on the market several years ago. Sony jumped in with the...

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 s...

Leica Announces the Leica X Vario (Typ 107)

David Farkas

June 11, 2013

Today, Leica has announced a new camera: the Leica X Vario (Typ 107). Leica has been slowly teasing the market with this camera for a few weeks now, branding it as the "Mini M." Now that we have the camera in...

Leica M Monochrom Firmware Update 1.002 Released

David Farkas

June 5, 2013

Leica has released their first firmware update for the Leica M Monochrom, version 1.002. The firmware update offers the following improvements:Bugfix to improve stability in “Discreet-Mode Linguistic i...

Leica Announces S-Adapter-C for Contax 645 Lenses

David Farkas

May 31, 2013

Today, Leica has announced the Leica S-Adapter-C, which allows Contax 645 AF lenses to be mounted on a Leica S system camera (S2, S2-P, or S typ 006) with full functionality, including auto focus and aper...

Leica Mini M Coming June 11

David Farkas

May 23, 2013

Leica just posted this teaser on their website for a new camera. The "Mini M" doesn't have an official name yet, but is shown sitting between the new M Typ 240 and the X2, which Leica apparently classifies as...

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