The Leica Mini M Won’t Be Full-Frame, It’ll Be an X Vario System Camera

The Leica Mini M Won’t Be Full-Frame, It’ll Be an X Vario System Camera

This is from trustworthy new sources with access — you can check our track record and we’ve consistently been right. We were the first to know the name of the X Vario, and THEME’s the first site again to learn more details about Leica’s long rumored, new, more compact system camera. There have been consistent […]

Here’s the EVIL APS-C Leica Mini M

Here’s the <del>EVIL</del> APS-C Leica Mini M

Well I have been partially, maybe wishfully and intentionally wrong about the slightly underwhelming, upcoming, miniaturized Leica M. No full-frame, no M mount, but instead you’ll get a CMOS 1.5 crop APS-C sensor with a relatively slow, not really compact Leica Elmar F3.5-6.4 with an 28-70mm equivalence for a rumored price of €2,450 (more than […]

Et Voilà the Leica Mini M — the First EVIL M?

Et Voilà the Leica Mini M — the First EVIL M?

It sure doesn’t get boring in the photography gear world. We’re expecting a full-frame Sony NEX sometime in 2014, are just told that Panasonic will revive the legendary DMC-L1 with a “dream camera” successor, and now Leica does what I expected them to do back in March when I wrote on The Future of Camera […]

At last, a “Mini M”? Leica’s New Mirrorless System Camera, the Leica T, to Be Unveiled on April 24

At last, a “Mini M”? Leica’s New Mirrorless System Camera, the Leica T, to Be Unveiled on April 24

Our regular readers know that we have a pretty good track record as to future Leica products. Now Leica Forum posted Leica’s official invitation for the unveiling of the German boutique camera maker’s latest addition: the long expected mirrorless system camera with interchangeable lenses. This wouldn’t be THEME without giving you a bit more meat […]

The True Digital Mini M — This Is What Leica Has to Do:

The True Digital Mini M — This Is What Leica Has to Do:

Remember, you read it here first, a week before it was on all the other sites: the ominous X Vario’s name confirmed. But this post is not about unabashed self-promotion. Many photographers obviously want a “Mini M” that Leica marketing suggested. Leica could sell tons of slimmed down M with interchangeable lenses, EVF, image stabilization, […]

Finally, a Leica

Finally, a Leica

Good things don’t always come easy. In my old film days, when digital photography still was a wild sci-fi prophecy, I always had a Rollei 35 in the pocket, occasionally a Minox. Beautiful little, sturdy, legendary cameras, absolutely reliable in whatever task and environment. A Rollei was the perfect partner for the early sturm und […]

Who Needs a Display! Leica Walks the “Perfect Understatement” Talk

Who Needs a Display! Leica Walks the “Perfect Understatement” Talk

“Perfect understatement,” “perfectly understated” — do these marketing terms ring a bell? Leica M, right. The German boutique camera maker just announced the Leica M-A, a purely mechanical camera reduced to the essentials of photography with no monitor, no exposure meter, no battery. Alright, we have to bear with marketing phrases such as “the Leica […]

This Is Leica 2.0 — Some Thoughts on the Designer Leica T

This Is Leica 2.0 — Some Thoughts on the Designer Leica T

Specs aside — it’s a “typical” Leica with relatively noisy upper ISO levels and unsurprisingly moderate AF speed — the new Leica T is quite a stunner. Well the ISO and AF judgment I got from people who shot preproduction models, so it can only get better. But as with any Leica, you don’t buy […]

The Leica Predicament — 2014 Outlook and Beyond

The Leica Predicament — 2014 Outlook and Beyond

Gathered own sources, industry chatter and added common sense. Leica isn’t in an enviable position. The competition gathers pace. Leica’s grand strength continues to be its brand recognition and, above all, the optics. The famed Leica advantage however diminishes as the quality of cameras becomes more similar. For instance, I know from personal talks with […]

Tempest in a Teapot? Leica Lenses on Sony’s A7s

Tempest in a Teapot? Leica Lenses on Sony’s A7s

Here’s a short synopsis of Michael Evans’ essay Leica Lenses on Sony’s A7s: The Big Controversy. At first take, writes Evans, the A7(R)s open up a fairyland of opportunity for owners not only of Leica glass but all M mount lenses including those from Zeiss, Voigtländer and others. Tantalizing thought, isn’t it, but the basic […]

The Virgin Leica M

The Virgin Leica M

Or virgin Leica? This one-of-a-kind variant of the M Typ 240 is a clinically clean design by and true to the style of Apple’s chief designer Jonathan Ive. Designed by Ive and Marc Newson, this purist Leica M will be given to the highest bidder this November in New York at Sotheby‘s “Jony and Marc’s […]

The Magic of Tilt-Shift Photography With a Leica

The Magic of Tilt-Shift Photography With a Leica

By DIERK TOPP My topic is sort of special and probably not for many readers, but it may be worth to think about using tilt-shift lenses on your Leica when shooting architecture. We’re not talking the miniaturization tilt-shift, but the serious architectural photography. Now, what are tilt-shift lenses? Wikipedia does a better job explaining it […]

Open Letter — Dear Leica:

Open Letter — Dear Leica:

Negativity has become the new favorite pastime of many photographers. Instead of going out and enjoying our cameras, we’re glued to the computer screen and comment on stuff that has nothing to do with our lives. We neither contribute anything positive to society nor are we able to look at ourselves in the mirror and […]

Panasonic LX7, a Leica for < $400

Panasonic LX7, a Leica for < $400

The Panasonic LX7, Pana’s practically identical version of the Leica D-Lux 6, can currently be had for $398 from Amazon. That’s about half the price of the Leica. You get a lot of camera for this money. The lens, a Leica 24-90mm F1.4-2.3 equivalent, is probably one of the best lenses ever fitted to a […]

The Leica X3

The Leica X3

Well it’s a concept. An awesome one. By Vincent Säll, a young industrial designer who’s always asking the question, “What if?”. What if Leica combined the features of a smartphone and it’s own high quality cameras with new technology and innovative design? So he created the Leica X3 — again, a concept just to enjoy […]

„Die Leica in der Hand“ — The Monochrom Goes Into the Snow

„Die Leica in der Hand“ — The Monochrom Goes Into the Snow

By JAAP VLEESKRUIJER “Die Leica in der Hand”… When Dr. Paul Wolff coined the phrase in the early 1930s, Leica was the camera of choice for travel photography. Small, light, high quality imagery, robust, what better tool to take out into the mountains skiing or hiking? Leica even brought out a special lens for the […]

Henri in Africa — The Leica Monochrom as a Travel Camera

Henri in Africa — The Leica Monochrom as a Travel Camera

By JAAP VLEESKRUIJER Africa has always been a bit of a passion for me. There are the people, landscapes, the safari destinations, and so forth. I have been coming there for more than twenty year, always carrying my camera. So when I got one of the first Leica Monochroms a week before my departure this […]

Leica, Hollywood’s Latest Status Symbol: Click if You Can Afford It

Leica, Hollywood’s Latest Status Symbol: Click if You Can Afford It

Lovely piece in the New York Times on the latest fad in Hollywood: Click if You Can Afford It. You won’t read it in the Technology, but Fashion & Style section, as the article is about Leica cameras favored by celebrities: The latest status symbol in Hollywood, it seems, is not the 8 p.m. reservation […]

The Leica M Typ 240 File

The Leica M Typ 240 File

While the other traditional camera maker Hasselblad infuriates its last loyal customers with a luxurized NEX-7 hardly anyone understands, Leica seems to feel the pulse of what the market wants. After the highly successful M9, world’s smallest compact full-frame rangefinder camera, Leica achieves the feat to further develop the digital M line without renouncing what […]

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