Leica

Located in Heralded Palm Beach Photographic Centre

November 18, 2009 – Leica Camera Inc. / USA is proud to announce the grand opening of their first dedicated "Shop-in-Shop" in The Pro Shop for Photographers of the newly minted Palm Beach Photographic Centre (PBPC) Friday, December 4th, 2009. This will be the first Leica Shop-in-Shop to introduce the new Leica Store design to the U.S. market following debuts in Berlin, London, Paris and Moscow. The event will feature commentary from Leica Camera U.S. President Roger Horn and PBPC President Fatima NeJame.

To celebrate the grand opening of the Leica Shop-in-Shop, the PBPC will host award-winning news anchor and Leica M photographer Ann Curry for the opening of her exhibition "Empathy" on December 4th and a lecture on December 5th. Ms. Curry's news photographs will be showcased at the Gallery through February of 2010. Additionally, Leica Camera will host new product demonstrations for the public on Saturday, December 5th, showcasing the recently unveiled LEICA M9, LEICA X1 and LEICA S2 and offer workshops with the M9 and the S2 on the same day. Read more

Perhaps the most storied and revered name in all of photography is Leica. The company was at the forefront of the movement away from big bulky cameras to smaller 35mm cameras that almost all enthusiasts and professional photographers adopted. Along with Leica cameras, Leica lenses also enjoy exemplary specifications and reputations. My first "real" camera was a Leica M3 and I used it for countless photographs over a 30-year span. It slowly got less and less use when digital cameras achieved quality on par (or even better than) 35mm film. And as of this year, my favorite film, Kodachrome, is no longer even being manufactured.

After a few near misses, Leica has produced a camera of exceptional quality that Leica owners expect. I was fortunate to get a hands-on look, and short use of the camera from one of Leica's US representatives. The new M9 is a physically beautiful camera. It is the world's first digital rangefinder camera with a full-format 24 × 36mm digital sensor sporting 18 megapixels. As the most compact 35mm full-format camera now made, the M9 extends the legendary heritage of the Leica rangefinder M series and unites over 50 years of continuous technical improvements with the best in cutting-edge digital technology. Read more

March 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Panasonic and Leica Camera today announced that they have launched the development of a new Leica D large-diameter telephoto zoom lens, specifically designed for Panasonic's first digital SLR camera, the LUMIX DMC-L1 and other Four Thirds System compatible digital SLR cameras. The new LEICA D VARIO-ELMAR 14-150mm/F3.5-5.6 ASPH./ lens will also feature Panasonic's MEGA O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer) and become the first Leica D lens with range up to 300mm*.

The new large-diameter 10.7x telephoto zoom lens, which meets Leica's stringent quality and performance standards will be just as light and compact as the previously released LEICA D VARIO-ELMARIT 14-50mm/ F2.8-3.5 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. lens, but provide a considerably longer telephoto range as a result of incorporating four aspherical lenses in the unit. The aspherical lenses and an ED (extra-low dispersion) lens will also improve optical performance of the lens by minimizing distortion, even at the 28mm wide end. Read more

April 3, 2006 - The LEICA C-LUX 1 from Leica Camera is the first model in a new line of Leica digital compact cameras. Complementing the established LEICA D-LUX series, the new LEICA C-LUX line features an ultra compact design and fully retractable optics. The smallest Leica digital compact camera to date, the LEICA C-LUX 1 sports a powerful LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT f/2.8-5.6/4.6-16.8 ASPH zoom lens with a wide focal length range of 28 – 102 mm in 35mm format for brilliant photographs with accurate color rendering from wide angle all the way to telephoto. The LEICA C-LUX 1 offers a generous selection of modes to suit different photographic situations, giving the photographer the flexibility he needs to take successful pictures. An optical image stabilizer is integrated to counteract camera shake even in difficult light conditions. The camera’s 2.5” display enables sharper picture composition before the photograph is taken and allows a quick assessment of the results immediately afterwards. Read more

October 1, 2003 - Leica Camera USA introduced the LEICA CM, a high-quality analog compact camera in a titanium body. This camera will be Leica's first compact camera to be assembled in Germany. Read more

July 2003 - Leica Camera AG recently announced that it plans to introduce the LEICA DIGITAL-MODUL-R during the Photokina 2004 in Cologne, Germany in September 2004. This new digital camera back is being developed in cooperation with the Danish firm Imacon A/S and the Kodak Image Sensor Solutions (ISS) division. The LEICA DIGITAL-MODUL-R is a digital camera back designed to fit LEICA R8 and R9 cameras. Because the two cameras are already designed to function with digital solutions, the new digital back will communicate with the camera's controls, thus making the LEICA R8 and R9 cameras --the world's very first hybrid 35 mm cameras that can be used optionally for digital or analog photography. This announcement was made today by Mr. Hanns-Peter Cohn, CEO, Leica Camera AG; Mr. Stefan Daniel, Manager of the Systems Business Unit of Leica Camera AG; and Mr. Christian Poulsen, Marketing Manager of Imacon A/S.Read more