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The Leica M Monochrom: Hands-On With This Crazy One-Of-A-Kind Camera

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 their 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. Read More >>

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Could Someone Please Show Leica How to Make a Proper Lens Mug?

Hello Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Leitz GmbH. Thank you for meeting with me. The reason I asked you to stop by today was because I have some concerns with your son Leica and his ability to follow simple directions. Read More >>

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The Easiest Way to Get a Leica Camera Is with This iPhone 5 Sticker

Let’s be honest, most of us couldn't afford a Leica camera and would do unspeakable things for one. But don't worry! You don’t have to! You can buy a Leica Camera sticker for your iPhone 5 to front like you have a Leica. Read More >>

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Panasonic Lumix LX7 Review: A Lovely Point-and-Shoot For Control Freaks

Anyone in the market for a top point-and-shoot camera is probably deciding between Canon's S100 and Sony's RX100. But Panasonic is back in the game with the Lumix LX7, a sequel to one of the top shooters of 2010, the wildly popular LX5. Does Panasonic's latest have what it takes to beat these pocket titans? Read More >>

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The Leica X2 Paul Smith Edition, Because Black Just Isn’t Your Style

Leica's been busy of late, what with a raft of camera launches, and even Jony Ive getting in the mix. But this, well, this is the best-looking camera I've ever seen, and I want one. Meet the Paul Smith edition Leica X2. Read More >>

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Jony Ive Teams Up With Leica to Design One-Off M-Series Camera

Everything that Jony Ive touches turns to gold, so it will come as good news to rich photographers everywhere that he's teaming up with Leica to design a super-limited edition of the M-series camera. Read More >>

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Leica M: Is This the Craziest Full-Frame, HD Video, Interchangeable Lens Monster Ever Made?

The new Leica M is German camerasmith's latest photo-slaying, digital full-frame camera in the tradition of its M-series rangefinders. It's the long rumored follow-up/upgrade to the fabulous (and fabulously expensive) M9 from a few years ago. Behold the bonkers camera you'll be drooling over for the next couple of years. Read More >>

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Would You Buy Leica’s Black-and-White M Monochrom Camera?

If you had £6,120 burning a hole in your savings account, that is. It's far from cheap, but does a camera that shoots only B&W photos interest you at all? Watch our lovingly-shot video that shows off the more polished details of the M Monochrom, and let us know if it gets your heart racing a little faster. Read More >>

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This Is Why Leica Cameras Are So Damn Expensive

Last week, along with a cool-but-crazy monochrome-only digital camera, Leica announced that it was launching a a special edition of its M9 with fashion label Hermès. It will cost an eye-watering £15,500—and this video goes some way to explaining that price. Read More >>

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Leica M Monochrom Is for Those Who Only See in Black and White

Leica's Latest addition to the M series of cameras is a bit different from the ones which came before it: the M Monochrom only shoots pictures in black and white. The £6120 full-frame camera is fully intended for enthusiasts and/or those with a bottomless bank account, and aims to explore the benefits of having a dedicated monochrome sensor (merely removing the color from a photo after the fact is hardly the same). Read More >>

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Leica Is Charging £14,000 Extra for the Colour White

Leica makes beautiful, very expensive cameras that work wonderfully. The M9-P is no exception: 18 megapixels, gorgeously retro. But if you buy this £21,000 limited edition, you are a moron. Read More >>

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One of the Coolest Cameras I’ll See at CES

Don't get me wrong, I love digital photography, but very few things make me salivate more than a sweet old Leica. And I'm not the only digicam fan who feels that way. Jim Fisher, Digital Camera Analyst for PC Magazine brought this sweet CL to CES. Read More >>

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Leica’s V-Lux 3 Super Zoom Camera Gains New 1080p Recording Powers

Leica's V-Lux 3 isn't a radical departure from the two models before it. It still has a 24x zoom lens, which shoots at the equivalent lengths of 25-600mm. But now it can finally record video in 1080p and 60 frames per second using the AVCHD codec. Read More >>

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Kodak Is a Walking Corpse of a Company and That Makes Us Sad

Oh, Kodak, once the acme of all things camera, now a stark lesson in Darwinism in technology. You adapt and evolve, or you die. It was revealed today that Kodak is shedding more than £45 million a month. Let's hold hands. Read More >>

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350Kg Stainless Steel "Fake Leicas" Aren’t Fooling Anybody

Leicas have some of the most-recognisable and most-duplicated features of any camera, but they've never been recreated quite like this. Read More >>