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Ninety Nine Years Leica Book – Now Available, Chronicling Leica’s Cultural Impact

November 20, 2012

At Photokina this year, Leica introduced an incredible new book which assembles images representing the cultural phenomenon that is Leica Camera. This book, called Ninety Nine Years Leica, limited to less t...

The Leica M-E Compared

Josh Lehrer

October 2, 2012

Today, we received our first shipment of the new Leica M-E. When Leica announced the M-E, there were a lot of questions about how it fit into Leica’s lineup and what was different when compared to the M9 and M9...

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 only introductions from Leica. There is plenty of co...

Leica M-E Begins Shipping in the United States

Leica Store

October 1, 2012

Dale Photo & Digital is happy to announce that shipments of the new Leica M-E have begun in the United States! The cameras should begin arriving within the next few days. This is exciting news for those w...

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 M9 users have been asking for. Offering faster oper...

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 products before seeing them today at the show. I figu...

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...

A Few Thoughts on the New Leica M Products

Josh Lehrer

September 17, 2012

After an incredible day of announcements from Leica, there are a slew of new products in the Leica lineup. My thoughts on a few:Leica M: The highly anticipated successor to the hugely popular Leic...

Leica Announces the new Leica TS-APO-ELMAR-S 120 MM F/5.6 ASPH. TILT/SHIFT LENS

Leica Store

September 17, 2012

Today at Photokina, Leica has announced the new Leica TS-APO-ELMAR-S 120 MM F/5.6 ASPH. TILT/SHIFT LENS:Solms, Germany (September 17, 2012) –Leica Camera presents the Leica TS-APO-Elmar-S 120 mm f/5.6 ASPH., the first fully-adjustable tilt/shift lens f...

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