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There’s a mysterious new Leica coming next month, and now we know what it looks like. The German camera maker teased its new model, dubbed the Mini M, with an image of a generic black box posted last week. It looks like a French iPad app spilled the beans a bit early, though, and Mirrorless Rumors managed to snag a screen grab. The new cam (in the foreground above) will reportedly sport a 16.1-megapixel APS-C sensor and a fixed 28-70mm f/3.5-6.4 lens — not the interchangeable mount some fans were expecting. The camera is said to be manufactured from aluminum, and includes support for an optional electronic viewfinder. Specs are fairly light, but there’s supposedly HD video recording (that’s a safe bet) and a copy of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom that ships in the box. Leica is scheduled to introduce the Mini M on June 11th, at which point all of the above, along with the rumored €2,450 (about $3,150) price tag, will likely be confirmed.
Filed under: Cameras
Via: PetaPixel
Source: Mirrorless Rumors
May 24
May 24
Leica – Limited edition camera – “Leica X2 Yokohama Edition” – Commemorating the opening of Leica SOGO Yokohama store
Posted in: Today's Chili
Leica from Germany is a popular brand in Japan and they just opened their store in SOGO department store in Yokohama, Japan, and are going to release an exclusive limited edition model called “Leica X2 Yokohama Edition” in July. Only 30 cameras will be available.
The limited model is based on Leica’s premium compact digital camera “Leica X2″, with lizard style leather is used for the body. A shoulder strap and camera protecter made with the same leather material will come with the camera.
APS-C sized newly developed CMOS sensor (16.2 million pixels) and high-spec lens “LEICA ELMARIT-M f2.8/24mm ASPH” are built-in. It has low noise, wide dynamic range and accurate color reproducibility.
Although the release will be in July, they are currently accepting advance orders at the SOGO Yokohama store. The price is ¥283,500.
May 23
Leica seldom updates its camera lineup, so we’re especially intrigued to discover that it’s teasing a completely new model, the Mini M. On the camera maker’s website, this TBA model is represented by only a black box, tucked in between the full-frame M and the APS-C-loaded X2 (Micro M). There’s no other official info aside from its June 11th unveiling date, but Leica Rumors is poised to bet that this is the company’s first mirrorless entry. The site’s sources claim this model will thankfully not be a re-badged Panasonic Lumix — Hasselblad and Sony’s Lunar (a leather-adorned NEX-7) already did enough damage on that front.
Filed under: Cameras
Via: Leica Rumors
Source: Leica
May 14
Panasonic – Pocket sized digital camera “DMC-LF1″ – 7.1X Optical Zoom, F2.0 LEICA DC VARIO-SUMMICRON lens, finder built-in
Posted in: Today's Chili
Panasonic announced that they will release pocket sized digital camera “DMC-LF1″ (102.5 x 62.1 x 27.9mm, 170g) with 7.1X optical zoom.
It has a finder and F2.0 LEICA DC VARIO-SUMMICRON lens and features a 1/1.7 inch Mos sensor, 3 inch LCD screen (920,000 dot), and Wi-Fi/NEC functions.
Color: black
Mar 13
Lego master builder Chris McVeigh has cooked up a playful alternative to Leica’s obscenely and pointlessly expensive $50,000 M9-P ‘Edition Hermès’. The Lego version doesn’t actually take photos, but you’ll also pay only $38 for a kit if you can’t scrounge all the parts needed to assemble it. More »
Feb 08
I was invited to the new Leica store in SoHo to check out some of their latest gear this week. I knew about their compact offerings, the X2 and D-Lux 6, so I knew what I was getting myself into. But there was one product that called out to me, something completely unique among all current digital cameras. The M Monochrom—a camera that shoots only black and white. More »
Feb 08
Apple’s ‘Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 4.04’ is out, and although we rarely report on these frequent releases, there are a few notable shooters named in this particular version. Available for Macs running OS X Lion 10.7.5 and above, or Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and above, the update now allows RAW snaps from Sony’s compact Cyber-shot RX1 and Nikon’s D5200 SLR to play nice with Aperture and iPhoto software. Plenty of other cameras are also on the changelog: Leica’s X2, V-Lux 4 and D-Lux 6, as well as Pentax’s Q, K-30, K-5 II and IIs. A quick trip to the App Store will get you on the latest version and have you cooking something up in Aperture before you can say “medium-rare.” Bon appétit.
Filed under: Cameras, Software, Apple
Via: CNET
Source: Apple
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