David Farkas, Author at Red Dot Forum

The New Leica S Begins Shipping in the United States

December 17, 2012

As of today, December 17, 2012 we have received word that the new Leica S cameras have begun shipping in the United States. This is great news for a product that Leica announced in mid September at Phot...

Photokina 2012: Day 4 – Compact Cameras: Leica X2, D-Lux 6 and V-Lux 4

David Farkas

October 2, 2012

Leica is really firing on all cylinders this show. The new M is probably the biggest hit of the show. The S camera has some really solid updates and three new S lenses were introduced. But, these weren’t the on...

Photokina 2012 – Red Dot Forum Interview with Jesko von Oeynhausen

David Farkas

September 27, 2012

It is obvious that Leica has stolen the spotlight at Photokina 2012 with a flurry of new announcements. Possibly the most exciting of their new products is the Leica M, successor to the groundbreaking M9 announ...

Photokina 2012: Day 3 – More Updates on the New Leica M

David Farkas

September 23, 2012

Obviously, there has been a great deal of interest in the new Leica M. Many people that I talk to here in Cologne think that the M is the standout product of this Photokina. Essentially, it is everything that M...

Photokina 2012: Day 2 – The Leica S (Part 2)

David Farkas

September 21, 2012

After a full rundown of the changes on the new Leica S camera which I covered in Part 1, I wanted to delve into the three new S lenses. Clearly, the announcement of the 30-90mm and the 24mm came as no surprise ...

Photokina 2012: Day 2 – The Leica S (Part 1)

David Farkas

September 20, 2012

Yesterday was all about the new M. Today, it was all about the S. I’ve been a huge fan of the S system since it was announced at Photokina four years ago. After all, I was standing right there when the S2 was u...

Photokina 2012: Day 1 – The Leica M

David Farkas

September 19, 2012

Last night I read every piece of available information in the press kit I was handed on my way out of the Das Wesentliche event, on the Leica website and in dealer releases to get a better handle on the new pro...

Photokina 2012: Leica Das Wesentliche Event in Cologne

David Farkas

September 18, 2012

Leica has been even more secretive than usual lately. Many of my readers and customers assumed with my past early access to the M8, M9, MM, S2, etc. that I knew something about what was coming. Well, I can no...

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 ...

Q&A with Stefan Daniel from 2010 LHSA Meeting in Wetzlar: Mirrorless cameras, future directions and the Leica R System

David Farkas

September 13, 2012

With Photokina 2012 now less than a week away and speculation continuing to grow regarding new product announcements from Leica, I thought many would find this Q&A session with Stefan Daniel, Leica’s head o...

Stay Tuned for Full Coverage from Photokina 2012 and Leica’s Das Wesentliche Event

David Farkas

September 11, 2012

The doors to Photokina open in just one week. As always, anticipation is high for Leica's latest round of product announcements. With the huge success of the M9, will Leica deliver the goods with a new M ca...

ISO Test: Leica M Monochrom vs. Leica M9

David Farkas

May 27, 2012

While I had the Leica M Monochrom for testing in Germany, I figured I'd do a quick semi-controlled ISO test compared to my M9. I had certain impressions of relative ISO performance during my review of the M Mon...

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