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Leica Oskar Barnack Award now open for entries
Professional photographers can now enter this year's edition of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award
Awards 17 Jan 2012
Leica to expand operations at London-based store
Two years after the opening of its retail store, Leica is planning to drastically scale up its operations in Mayfair, London, with the launch of a new professional studio and dedicated media centre
Cameras 24 Nov 2011
Leica unveils new 30mm lens for its S-Sytem
Leica is expanding its range of lenses specifically designed for its S camera with the release, in December, of the Elmarit-S 30mm f/2.8 ASPH model
Lenses 27 Oct 2011
Leica gets new investors, looks to expand [update]
Leica has sold a 44% minority stake to a group of investment funds, advised by Blackstone, as the German firm is looking to "expand [its] business in new markets," BJP can confirm
Business 19 Oct 2011
Leica releases Titanium D-Lux 5
Leica is producing a limited Titanium-edition of its D-Lux 5 compact camera
Cameras 19 Oct 2011
Leica uncovers M9 battery problem
Leica has identified an "issue" affecting a small number of M9 cameras and their batteries
Cameras 18 Aug 2011
Report: Financing projects with Leica's help
Paid assignments are hard to come by these days, but photographers at agencies and collectives such as Magnum Photos and Facing Change are turning to a new source of funding: camera manufacturers....
Photojournalism 30 Jul 2011
Light of the night: testing Leica's Noctilux-M f/0.95 lens
The ultra-fast aperture of the Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH is only half the story, says Edmond Terakopian, when he takes this record-breaking aspherical lens out on assignment.
Prime Lenses 20 Jul 2011
Leica partners with Facing Change collective
Five months after signing a deal with Magnum Photos, Leica has partnered with another collective of photographers to fund and produce a series of projects exploring social and political issues affecting...
Photo Agencies 07 Jul 2011
Leica to launch new compact system in 2012 [update]
Leica will unveil a new compact camera system at Photokina 2012, the company's chairman and CEO have revealed today
EVIL Cameras 22 Jun 2011
Leica unveils discreet alternative to M9 rangefinder
Leica has unveiled a new version of its M9 rangefinder digital camera - the M9-P, which it claims was designed with professional photographers in mind. Olivier Laurent travels to Paris for the unveiling....
Cameras 21 Jun 2011
Danish photographer wins Leica Oskar Barnack Award
Danish photographer Jan Grarup has won the 32th Leica Oskar Barnack Award, which comes with a cash prize of €5000, a Leica M9 camera and lenses, and a high-profile presentation at the Rencontres d'Arles...
Awards 15 Jun 2011
Leica camera breaks auction record
A rare 0-series Leica camera, first sold in 1923, has become the most expensive camera to be sold at an auction, reaching the unprecedented price of $1.9m
Cameras 31 May 2011
Leica launches the V-Lux 30
Leica's new compact offers a 16x zoom, HD video and a 3D photography mode
Compact Cameras 26 May 2011
Is a medium format camera right for you?
BJP evaluates the pros and cons of the Leica S2 and Pentax 645D against those of the system approach taken by Hasselblad and Phase One, asking if the increasing affordability of such cameras will finally...
Medium Format Cameras 08 Apr 2011
Magnum Photos partners with Leica [update]
Magnum Photos has announced a "technological and photographic collaboration" with Leica that will see the camera manufacturer "sponsor the creation of a series of independently produced multimedia essays"...
Photo Agencies 24 Feb 2011
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