Leica

Leica Camera Coming to a City Near You

by jessica on Tue, 2010-02-23 12:27


Leica M9 black

Leica is a camera company many professional photographers turn to when looking for an exceptional quality camera. If you have ever wanted to experience Leica's latest product offerings hands-on, the time has come. Leica will be touring a North American city near you beginning March 18, 2010.

The Leica North American Road Show will visit 26 cities in 14 weeks; starting in Miami, Florida on March 18 and ending in Nashville, TN on June 23. Leica will bring to the road show the company's M and S Systems, giving you the opportunity to familiarize yourself with the cameras as well as Leica's newest lenses, the 18mm/f3.8, 50mm/f0.95 and the 24mm/f3.8. Read more

Pro Photographers - Submit Entries for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award Competition for 2010

Leica Camera AG, Solms, extends their invitation to submit entries to their international photography competition for professional photographers, the 'Leica Oskar Barnack Award'.

Applications from interested photographers will be accepted exclusively online at www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com/#/en/home between 15 January and 15 March 2010. The competition also includes the awarding of a 'Newcomer Award' that addresses all (prospective) professional photographers aged 25 and under.

An international jury awards the 'Leica Oskar Barnack Award' / 'Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award' to photographers whose unerring powers of observation capture and express the relationship between man and the environment in the most graphic form in a sequence of between ten and twelve images. Entry submissions must be a self-contained series of images in which the photographer perceives and documents the interaction between man and the environment with acute vision and contemporary visual style – creative, groundbreaking and unintrusive. All photo series submitted will be displayed in a specially dedicated online gallery on the Leica website.Read more

LEICA Improves the D-LUX 4 with Update

by jessica on Fri, 2009-12-11 15:43


LEICA D-LUX 4

Leica Camera just announced a new firmware update for the LEICA D-LUX 4 camera. The free firmware update is available now for download from Leica's website: www.leica-camera.com.

Improvements with firmware version 2.1 update:

  1. Recording function with an aspect ratio of 1:1 has been added
  2. White balance (WB) bracket function has been added
  3. The exposure compensation and the auto bracket compensation can now be set up to ±3EV
  4. Position of the guide line can now be set
  5. [LENS RESUME] has been added to the [SETUP] menu
  6. [HIGH DYNAMIC] has been added to scene mode
  7. It is now possible to record the user's name in the image file
  8. [MENU RESUME] has been added to the [SETUP] menu
  9. It is now possible to display the highlights in playback mode
  10. Digital red-eye removal has been modified
  11. Items saved in the custom set have changed
  12. Display of [COPY] in the [PLAYBACK] menu has changed
  13. Message display has been added

Go to www.leica-camera.com to update your LEICA D-LUX 4 to firmware version 2.1.

LEICA Camera Announces Opening of New Shop-in-Shop

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

LEICA M7 Edition Hermès Coming in December

by jessica on Tue, 2009-11-17 11:24


LEICA M7 Edition Hermès in Orange

LEICA just announced a new, limited special edition of their M7 – the LEICA M7 Edition Hermès. With all of the features of the standard M7, this limited edition adds silver chrome with a choice of two calfskin leather colors…and, of course, the Hermès name. Two colors of leather are available – Etoupe and Orange. Only 100 cameras are available in each color.

The LEICA M7 Edition Hermès set includes a silver anodised LEICA SUMMILUX-M 35 mm f/1.4 ASPH. wide-angle lens, a matching classic round lens hood and a LEICAVIT M rapid winder in silver chrome. A leather Hermès carrying strap is also included, and it comes in a linen-covered, silk-lined box.Read more

When only the best will do...


Leica M9 black

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

LEICA Announces the D-LUX 4 Safari

by jessica on Wed, 2009-06-17 11:41


LEICA D-LUX 4 Safari

LEICA just announced a new special edition D-LUX 4 Safari digital camera. While with the same olive green outdoor look as the LEICA M8.2 Safari announced earlier this year, the D-LUX 4 Safari is the first compact digital cam offered in this special edition.

The D-LUX 4 Safari is the same camera as the D-LUX 4, only with a "safari" green finish. It features a 3-inch LCD display, Leica f/2.0-2.8 DC Vario-Summicron ASPH high speed, extra-wide-angle 24-60mm equivalent zoom lens, an oversized 1/1.63- inch, 10.1-megapixel CCD image sensor, Face Detection, Intelligent Auto mode, Optical Image Stabilization, and can record lossless RAW files as well as JPEGs.

A waterproof carrying case is also included with the camera. The back of the case has a compartment with a nylon "rain cape" that can be pulled out to cover the case and protect it from…well…rain (or other elements).

This limited edition LEICA D-LUX 4 Safari will be available in August 2009 for $995.

New Limited Edition LEICA M8.2 Safari

by jessica on Thu, 2009-01-29 00:30


LEICA M2.2 Safari setGoing on a safari this year? If so, this may be the camera for you. LEICA just announced their new limited edition M8.2 Safari camera set in an olive green color. The set includes a brown calfskin leather carrying strap and a matching camera bag created by the camera bag specialists Billingham. This special edition is limited to only 500 cameras and will be available in February 2009.

Features include a 10.3 megapixel sensor, 2.5-inch display, RAW data capture, a silver anodized LEICA ELMARIT-M 28 mm f/2.8 ASPH. lens with a metal lens shade, a silver E39 UV/IR filter, and it weighs only 6.3 ounces.

Fair warning...this limited edition M8.2 Safari set comes in at a hefty price of around $10,000. But then again, if you can afford to go on a safari, you can probably afford this camera.

Special Edition Leica D-LUX 4 Titanium

by Joe Stewart on Tue, 2008-12-16 11:49


Leica D-LUX 4 Titanium Leica is adding another camera to their line of titanium special edition cameras. Leica is limiting the D-LUX 4 Titanium to 10,000 worldwide.

This collector's item is functionally identical to the regular D-LUX 4. The compact system camera's high aperture lens allows for use without a flash under more conditions than most compacts.

The Leica D-LUX has a 10.1 megapixel sensor, 24-60 mm lens and can store photos in fine, standard, raw or combinations.

It comes with a matching titanium colored leather case. Available accessories include a handgrip, auxiliary finder and flash.

Available at authorized dealers in January 2009.

Panasonic and Leica Announce Development of First Leica D Lens With Range up to 300MM

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

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