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Cameras

Leica Willing To Strip M9 Of Its Red Dot For An Extra $US1995

How will people know you’re wealthy enough to afford a Leica, if they can’t see the iconic red dot? I suppose those-in-the-know will assume its absence meant you spent $US1995 upgrading it to be like their new M9-P, which foregoes the red dot for photographers’ safety.

July 27, 2011
Cameras

Leica’s Lens Holder Doubles Up As A Stabiliser

Let’s say you’re actually fortunate enough to own a Leica MP or M7 and two lenses. Instead of carting a camera bag around for a second lens, you could pick up a $US200 extra lens holder which uses the tripod mount, and also stabilises shots. [Leica via Fancy via OhGizmo]

July 12, 2011
Cameras

You’ll Love How A Leica Is Made

Leica cameras are beautiful. They’re top quality. They cost a fortune. And if you ever pondered the how and why behind any of those three immutable truths, you need to watch this spellbinding look at how a Leica lens is made.

June 22, 2011
Cameras

Leica Will Go To The Micro Four Thirds Party, Too

As if micro four thirds weren’t expensive enough, Leica plans on elbowing its red dotted-elbow in on the market next year, with a new compact-cam system with an APS-sized sensor at the very least, according to CEO Alfred Schopf.

Cameras

New Leica M9-P Is Even Sexier Than Before

Leica is raising the bar on their highest-of-the-high-end M9 series just a little higher with their new M9-P full-frame rangefinder camera. With a subtler design and more durable body, it’s definitely going to be about as expensive as you’d expect.

June 3, 2011
Cameras

Working Papercraft Leica, Which Inevitably Costs Less Than The Real Thing

Apparently this papercraft Leica M3 actually works when loaded with film, and as designer Matthew Nicholson plans to upload a tutorial at some point, you can put that to the test. Just don’t take it swimming. [Matthew Nicholson via Photojojo]

May 31, 2011
Cameras

Leica Rings Made Of Precious Metal Still Cheaper Than Real Thing

The wedding band is a time-honoured tradition since marketers first convinced us we needed them in the late 1940s. Nowadays, they’re ubiquitous and for the most part undifferentiated.

Cameras

This Beat-Up Old Leica Camera Sold For $1.7m

The most expensive Leica camera to ever swap hands was sold on the weekend for 1.3 million Euros (approximately $1.7 million Australian) after 20 minutes of insane auction bidding. Only 25 were produced, way back in 1923.

May 26, 2011
Cameras

Leica V-Lux 30 Will Record You In 1080i

Leica revealed the newest addition to it’s compact digital camera line today with the V-Lux 30. Its equipped with a 15.1MP sensor, 16x zoom range, built-in GPS and a new mode for creating 3D stills.

May 17, 2011
Cameras

A Skinned Leica M6 Still Looks Hot To Me

I don’t know what possessed photographer Duncan Meeder to strip a Leica M6 rangefinder camera of its skin, but here you have it, naked. Doesn’t it chill you to your core?

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