Leica Camera AG, an exclusive but small German manufacturer of high-end lenses and cameras, is going for the speed crown again, making the world's "fastest" lens for still cameras.
Before camera makers gained an advantage over each other with the number of megapixels, they gained an advantage over each other with the zoom range of their lenses. In addition, before that, in the 1960s, the "speed"
Leica proves it is still alive and launches the most surprising product of the Photokina 2008 : an hybrid camera between a full frame DSLR and a digital medium format. Discover the extraordinary 37 megapixel Leica S2 camera here.
A new dimension for professionals LEICA S2 – Radical new digital SLR camera system from Leica A new dimension for professionals LEICA S2 – Radical new digital SLR camera system from LeicaCologne, Germany — September 23, 2008 – Responding to the commercial needs of professional photographers, Leica Camera AG in Solms will introduce the Leica S2 at photokina in Cologne (23rd-28th September 2
Компания Leica Camera AG представила на выставке Photokina 2008 свою новую профессиональную цифровую зеркальную камеру LEICA S2. По утверждению производителя, при разработке концепта этой камеры были вовлечены известные професс
Leica has today posted firmware 2.00 for the M8 digital rangefinder. This update adds support for SDHC cards (up to 32 GB) as well as adding an Auto-ISO option (a new feature touted for the M8.2). Installation is carried out by dropping the file onto an SD card.Click here for the Leica M8 downloads pageFirmware version 2.000 - The update adds these improvements to your camera:Compatibility to memo
Do you remember this hardware update proposed by Leica for its M8 including a more discrete shutter and a new Saphire glass to protect the LCD screen ? Well these highly priced extras are now on the basic M8.
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The Lensbaby 3G is a flexible SLR lens that allows photographers to lock it in a desired bent position simply by pressing a button. Then, using a traditional barrel focus mechanism, photographers can do fine focusing and precisely place the sweet spot of sharp focus before pressing the shutter release. The lens produces photos with [...]
The Lensbaby 3G is a flexible SLR lens that allows photographers to lock it in a desired bent position simply by pressing a button. Then, using a traditional barrel focus mechanism, photographers can do fine focusing and precisely place the sweet spot of sharp focus before pressing the shutter release. The lens produces photos with [...]
Should you buy the Leica M8? That all depends on who you are, what you are trying to shoot, and how much money you have in your pocket. For the person who has $10,000 in Leica lenses at home, doesn't see the price of an M8 as an obstacle, and just wants to have a digital camera to use them on, the M8 is the best of your two choices (the other being to buy a used Epson R-D1) and your only choice if
In cooperation with WestLicht Photographica Auction House, Vienna, Leica Camera AG, Solms, is auctioning the first series-produced LEICA M8 camera. The auction is to take place during the next Westlicht auction on June 7th, 2008. The camera is estimated to be worth between 20,000 and 30,000 Euros; the starting price is 10,000 Euros. Leica Camera AG will donate the proceeds to the press freedom org
New firmware expresses its support for Contrast AF lens on the exchange under 25mm LEICA SUMMILUX D / F1.4 ASPH. (L-X025)Panasonic is proud to be a new service for updating the firmware for our lens exchange under 25mm LEICA SUMMILUX D / F1.4 ASPH. (L-X025). The LEICA SUMMILUX 25mm D / F1.4 ASPH. (L-X025) is a simple lens focal length is suitable for pictures with their portraits on to log in excellent defocused background. Users will be able to, the latest firmware, the LEICA SUMMILUX 25mm D / F1.4 ASPH. (L-X025) for the use of AF contrast, based on the digital SLR cameras with AF contrast, with the Four Thirds Standard, for example, Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10 *. With this update, D 25mm LEICA SUMMILUX / F1.4 ASPH. (L-X025), the third lens LEICA D framework for the exchange of AF.Panasonic u
New Firmware Provides Support for Contrast AF On the Interchangeable Lens LEICA D SUMMILUX 25mm/ F1.4 ASPH.(L-X025)Panasonic is proud to announce a new firmware update service for our interchangeable Lens LEICA D SUMMILUX 25mm/ F1.4 ASPH.(L-X025). The LEICA D SUMMILUX 25mm/ F1.4 ASPH.(L-X025) is a single focal length lens suitable for snapshots to portraits allowing intended subject to stand out in exquisitely defocused background. Users will be able to download the latest firmware that allows LEICA D SUMMILUX 25mm/ F1.4 ASPH.(L-X025) to take advantage of contrast AF when mounted on the Digital SLR cameras with contrast AF that are compatible with Four Thirds standard, such as Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10*. With this update, LEICA D SUMMILUX 25mm/ F1.4 ASPH.(L-X025) can be the third LEICA D int
Special benefits for Leica customersAs a registered Leica customer, you profit time and again from special benefits like for instant the customer loyalty bonus for a new LEICA DIGILUX 3 with a price advantage up to 30% *. Maybe that product you've had your eye on is among them! It always pays to have a look.Your personal product management areaEverything at a glance. Register your Leica products and organize all product information in a single place. You'll receive a lot of important information pertaining to your product. Misplaced your user's manual? No problem! You can even organize older products that are no longer part of the Leica product range by simply selecting the product name and entering the serial number. You can also furnish each product with your own comments and notes.To the product registration for Leica customersAre you registered already? Please login directly to the Leica Customers Area* The price advantage may vary from country to country. Please ask your partic
Dou you have an old camera in your house? If you have one, maybe you are rich! Take a look this, an old Leica camera from 1923 has become the famous and the world's most expensive tiny camera ever sold at auction. What do you think about it? Can you imagine if you have an old camera in your trunk! There are probably old things in your house that you can sell it and become a rich man! This old camera got a world-record price of $491,000 (€336,000) for cameras of its type at auction in Vienna and it was bought by anonymous European collector.Image:By e-mail, thanks Anne!
A rare O-series Leica camera from 1923-24 – one of just over 20 made to test the market – raised more than to £240,000 at auction on Saturday.As we reported last month, the camera, carrying the serial number '107', is in 'excellent and fully working condition', according to the auctioneers in Vienna.'The Leica No. 107 was sold for the highest sum ever achieved at an auction for a 35mm camera or a Leica,' claimed a spokesman for the Westlicht Photographica auction.Chris Cheesman more : amateurphotographer
Leica releases firmware version 1.110 for the M8 digital camera. The new firmware offers the following improvements:• 6 Bit lens codes for Summarit-M lenses 35, 50, 75 and 90 mm• Time shortened between pre-flash and main flash in M-TTL mode with flashes LEICA SF24 D and SCA compatible flashguns• Function of central setting wheel on the back improved (unintentional scrolling of the menu now prevented)• Display of the battery capacity has been improved• Change in the French menu text...more : dcviews
A rare O-series Leica camera from 1923 – one of around 21 made to test the market – is expected to fetch up to £223,000 at auction next month.The auctioneers claim the camera, carrying the serial number '107', is in 'excellent and fully working condition'.It will go under the hammer as part of the Westlicht Photographica Auction in Vienna, Austria on 17 November.It is the seventh camera in the legendary O-series, which preceded the launch of the first mass-produced 35mm Leica camera, the Leica 1, in 1925.Chris Cheesmanmore : amateurphotographer
The exclusive purchase option certificate for our loyal customers. Our special offer for Leica's loyal customer will be extended till 31.12.2007: The customer loyalty bonus for your new LEICA DIGILUX 3 including the lens LEICA D VARIO ELMARIT 1:2,8-3,5/14-50 mm ASPH. Your price advantage: up to 30% * As a Leica customer, you can register now for the Leica Owners Area. Secure your purchase option certificate, which will authorize you to purchase this DIGILUX 3 set with your customer loyalty bonus. This offer is exclusive and not subject to any other offers. Register here *The price advantage may vary
Leica D Vario-Elmar 14-150mm telephoto zoom lens : Panasonic introduces a Leica D large-diameter telephoto zoom lens. The new Leica D Vario-Elmar 14-150mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH. Mega O.I.S., lens offers an exceptionally long zoom range of 14-150mm (35mm equivalent: 28-300mm) and complies with the Four Thirds System to assure wide compatibility with other camera models. It will be available in the market from around November 2007. The new lens provides a considerably longer telephoto range than the previously released Leica D Vario-Elmarit 14-50mm F2.8-3.5 ASPH. Mega O.I.S. lens, yet is just as compact and lightweight. This impressive downsizing is the result of incorporating four aspherical lenses in the unit.Leica 14-150mm lens - Mega O.I.S. The aspherical lenses also improve optical performance by minimizing distortion, even at the 28mm wide end. The new Leica D Vario-Elmar lens incorporates Panasonic’s Mega O.I.S. optical image stabilizer, which makes it easy to shoot super-telephoto shot
Leica D Vario-Elmar 14-50mm lens : Panasonic is pleased to announce the LECIA D Vario-Elmar 14-50mm F3.8-5.6 Mega O.I.S. is a large- diameter standard zoom lens featuring a focal length from 14mm to 50mm and compliance with the Four Thirds System. Positioned below the previously released Leica D Vario-Elmarit 14-50mm F2.8 -3.5 ASPH. Mega O.I.S., the new lens comes in a more compact and light-weighted body while keeping the optical design and meeting Leica`s stringent quality and performance standards. It delivers high resolution and contrast from edge to edge especially at the telephoto end and captures beautiful portrait photos with an attractive smoothness in out-of-focus areas, produced by the seven-blade diaphragm aperture.Leica 14-50mm Mega O.I.S. lens The Leica D Vario-Elmar 14-50mm F3.8-5.6 ASPH. Mega O.I.S. comprises 15 lens elements in 11 groups, including two aspherical lenses, minimizing distortion and peripheral vignetting at the wide end. Two ED (extra-low dispersion) lens
The German company Leica is a name steeped in tradition – the first ever practical 35mm was a Leica after all.
The original Leica M3 model was unveiled in 1954 (29 years after the first Leica camera) and was considered, at the time, wholly revolutionary and it would not be an exaggeration to credit this particular model as being the forerunner of SLRs as we know them today.
Now, thanks to Minox, you can own a beautifully crafted mini reproduction of the Leica M8 which fuses unmistakable Leica styling with up to the minute digital technology. (True Leica aficionados may well be scowling at the very thought of it, but its difficult not to see this as being a fitting tribute to the M3).
The palm sized Minox DCC Leica M3, which measures in at a mere 7.4cm x4.7cm x 4.4cm, boasts a 3.2MP pixel sensor (5MP effective with interpolation), 4x digital zoom, 32MB of built in memory (expandable via an integral SD memory card slot), as well as USB connectivity and a 1.5 inch TFT display.
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With classic elements of design, operating convenience, and technical advancements, the Leica Digilux 1 digital camera shares the outstanding optical quality, speed, and mobility of the original Leica 1 film camera from 1925. The Digilux 1 is made for the 21st century, with a 4-megapixel CCD sensor, high-speed aspherical Leica lens with 3x optical zoom, and a large 2.5-inch LCD for reviewing your photos.More detail Leica Digilux 1 3.9MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
The Leica D system gives ambitious amateurs and professional photographers a whole new range of possibilities. The Leica Digilux3 is the first Digilux camera with an interchangeable lens and therefore forms the basis for the Leica D system, a completely independent digital SLR system. The clear design of the camera housing and the operating concept of the Digilux are in keeping with the best Leica tradition. The shutter speed, focal length, aperture and focus can be set by hand on the camera and the lens--a fast, precise and creative solution in comparison with conventional SLR cameras. The interplay of Leica's legendary performance and the latest technology is almost revolutionary: the newly designed lens Leica D Vario-Elmarit f2.8-3.5/14-50 Asph combined with state-of-the-art optical image stabilization and a 7.5-megapixel LiveMos sensor result in a magnificent standard of imaging. High-quality materials and precision craftsmanship ensure that the Leica Digilux3 will work reliably f
Eagle Optics has the widest online selection of binoculars around. They carry all the major brands of high quality optics like Audubon, Bushnell, Eagle Optics, Leupold Binoculars, Minox, Nikon, Pentax, Steiner, Swarovski, Vortex,Zeiss and also leica binoculars. If you can't find the binoculars that you are looking for then you must not be looking at Eagle Optics. They have an Excellent selection of binoculars and other products.The Leica binoculars range from use for sightseeing and concert going to recreational birding all the way up to serious birdwatching. One of the models the Leica Ultravid 10x25 BCL Leather Binocular is perfect for the outdoor enthusiast because is it rugged. The Leica Ultravid 10x25 BCL Leather Binocular is both waterproof and fogproof and they are ready for any hike, bike or kayak trip. I should look into a pair of these to review for my Wired Kayaker blog.When you make a purchase with Eagle Optics you can rest assured that you are finding Great Low Prices fro
Leica cameras and lenses are often considered precise, effective, and well-built: the epitome of photographic form and function…while some perceive the company and it’s products as overpriced, inflated, and overrated. Perhaps the following story about the “Leica Freedom Train” will have some readers acknowledging Leica and it’s founder, Ernst Leitz II, as symbols of humanity in our people’s history.
As soon as Adolf Hitler was named chancellor of Germany in 1933, Ernst Leitz II began receiving frantic calls from Jewish associates, asking for his help in getting them and their families out of the country. (more…)
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Leica Launch Leica C-LUX 2Leica has announced the launch of its latest compact digital camera at PMA in Las Vegas.If you value style but not weight when you’re out looking for great images, you’ll love the ultra compact LEICA C-LUX 2 ! Sporting a classic black or silver metal body and measuring just 3 1/2 x 2 in, it fits into even the smallest pocket. The elegant exterior design is unmistakably Leica and is matched by an immaculate standard of optics and digital technology inside.
Called the Leica Gun Outfit RIFLE, the rarest and most sought-after of all Leica accessories, this Leica Gun is complete with the 400mm Telyt f5. The viewfinder is the of the earlier New York type. The outfit is completely operational and includes the necessary, and original, special bottom plate for the camera, the double cable release, and the PLOOT reflex housing. Included is the original carrying case. The object of every Leica collector's dream!Source & Image:Photosnews
