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LEICA Sample Photo Galleries
NEW: Route 66 Photographed with the LEICA M3 February 2010
Yosemite Photographed with the LEICA M9 and M3 October 2009
Death Valley Photogrpahed with the LEICA M7 und M4-P (January 2009)
Route 66 Photographed with the LEICA M7 (February 2009)
Volcano Country Photographed with the LEICA M7 (May 2009)
Monterey Photographed with the CLE (June 2009).
LEICA M-Kameras (click for full reviews) top
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LEICA M9 (in deutscher Sprache) 2009 - today, 593g. Introduced 09 September 2009. Digital full-frame. NEU: LEICA M9 Color Rendition 20 August 2010 NEU: LEICA M9 1.138 Firmware Update 16 August 2010 LEICA M9 1.116 Firmware Update 17 March 2010 LEICA M9: Three Sample DNG Files 07 December 2009 LEICA M9 Yosemite and Eastern Sierra Photo Examples 30 October 2009 M9 High ISO Examples 29 October 2009 LEICA M9 Example Images 06 October 2009 SD Card Speed Test in the LEICA M9 12 October 2009 Canon 5D Mk II, LEICA M9 and Nikon D3 image comparisons 06 October 2009 LEICA M9 Lens Compatibility 01 October 2009 LEICA M9 versus Nikon D3X versus Canon 5D Mk II Sharpness Comparison 01 October 2009 |
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2002 - today, 630g. Leica's best RealRaw camera. Electronic TTL. |
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Current, 476g. Less well made than the LEICA, but a fraction of the price and weight, and easier and more fun to shoot, with a better finder. Electronic TTL. |
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1999-2003, 601g. A cheaper version of a Contax G2 chassis with an M mount and manual rangefinder. |
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1984-2002, 560-608g. Leica's most advanced mechanical camera. Manual TTL light metering, also TTL flash on M6 TTL. |
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LEICA M4-P 1980-1987, 520g. Canadian-made mechanical LEICA. 0.72x finder with 28/90mm, 35/135mm and 50/75mm frame lines, the first LEICA to use this finder which continues to this day. No meter; use the LEICAMETER MR-4 clip-on coupled meter, which runs on a PX625 cell, or a Digisix. enlarge image (review coming). |
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1980-1985, 402g. The lightest modern Leica (402g). Made by Minolta. 28mm, 40mm and 90mm finder. Electronic TTL. |
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LEICA M3 1954-1966, 590g. NEW: LEICA M9 and M3 Yosemite and Eastern Sierra Photo Examples 30 October 2009 NEW: Leica's Newest Camera versus Leica's Best Camera: the M3 versus the M9 30 October 2009 Leica's first M camera, replacing the older screw-mount cameras. The M3 has Leica's highest-magnification finder ever made (0.92x), which makes it Leica's best finder for use with for 50mm, 90mm and 135mm lenses. Many, including myself, consider the M3 as the greatest LEICA. It has sold more than any other LEICA to this day. The LEICA M3 introduced many of the innovations we all take for granted today. The M3 was years ahead of its time and is still a fantastic camera today. No meter; use the LEICAMETER MR-4 clip-on coupled meter, which runs on a PX625 cell, or a Digisix. enlarge image (review coming). |
Screw-Mount (click for full reviews) top
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1950-1957, 430g. |
Compact Cameras (click for full reviews) top
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Introduced 09 September 2009 |
NEU: LEICA D-LUX 20 20 April 2010 |
LEICA D-LUX 4 18 June 2009 |
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1995-? |
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1998-? |
TRINOVID Binoculars (click for full reviews) top
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1963-1975, 122m/1000m (7.0º), 580g. |
Articles top
NEW: LEICA Viewfinder Magnifications 05 December 2009
NEW: Leica Lens Dates and Serial Numbers 04 November 2009
NEW: LEICA M9 Yosemite and Eastern Sierra Photo Examples 30 October 2009
NEW: M9 High ISO Examples 29 October 2009
NEW: LEICA or Not? 13 October 2009
NEW: SD Card Speed Test in the LEICA M9 12 October 2009
NEW: Canon 5D Mk II, LEICA M9 and Nikon D3 image comparisons 06 October 2009
LEICA M9 Lens Compatibility 01 October 2009
LEICA M9 versus Nikon D3X versus Canon 5D Mk II Sharpness Comparison 01 October 2009
Rangefinder vs. SLR cameras 16 September 2009
LEICA 18mm and Zeiss 18mm Comparison Test 17 June 2009
The Cult of the LEICA 26 May 2009
Wein EPX-625 Mercury Batteries 30 April 2009
Oskar Barnack 01 April 2009
The Leica Man 17 March 2009
Contax G Lenses for LEICA M 26 February 2009
A Complete LEICA M-System for Under $4,000 03 February 2009
LEICA M vs. Contax G Systems 29 January 2009
Comparison of LEICA M7, CLE and Zeiss Ikon
LEICA Lens Names Explained 24 January 2009
Cosina, Voigtländer and other lenses for LEICA 15 January 2009
LEICA Summarit-M Lenses (2007 introduction)
Henri Cartier-Bresson and the LEICA
M Flange focal distance: 27.8mm.
Leica's Own Information
List of Current Lenses for 6-Spot Updates
Voigtlander
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