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Panasonic Lumix GX7 Micro Four Thirds camera, Leica DG Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 lens announced

The Panasonic Lumix GX7 Micro Four Thirds camera is now officially announced. The US price of the body only will be $999, the kit with 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 lens will cost $1099. Here are he official technical specifications: 16MP Digital Live MOS Sensor Venus Engine Image Processor Micro Four Thirds System 3.0″ 1,040k-Dot Tilting Touchscreen LCD 90° […]

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Leica X Vario camera officially announced

Leica officially announced their new X Vario camera (a.k.a. “Mini M”) with a 16MP APS-C sensor and Vario Elmar 18 – 46mm f/3.5-6.4 ASPH lens (35 mm equivalent. 28 – 70mm).  The press release and more images can be found on LeicaRumors. Pre-order options: Leica X Vario Camera Leica Ever Ready Case for X Vario (Black) Leica […]

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Leica X Vario Type 107 camera specifications

Update: more images of the new X camera are available here. Those are the updated specifications for the upcoming Leica X Vario Type 107 camera that will be announced on June 11, 2013:

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This is the new Leica “Mini M”

For the past week Leica has been posting teasers for their new “Mini M” camera. The expectations for a X2-type camera with a zoom lens were true – the “Mini M” will have a zoom lens (Leica Elmar 3.5-6.4/28-70mm ASPH), 16MP APS-C sensor and a price tag of EUR 2,450 (over $3,000):

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Leica coming out with a Mini M camera on June 11

Leica will be announcing a new Mini M camera on June 11, 2013. The information I received is that the new camera will be made in Germany and it will not be based on an existing Panasonic model. Folow LeicaRumors for the latest updates.

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2013 NAB show: new Canon and Leica products

For the 2013 NAB show, Leica is expected to announce new line of Summicron-C cinema prime lenses which will be priced under the current Summilux-C series. Canon is rumored to announce a new cinema camera that will be placed between the EOS C100 and EOS C300 models and it will be available with both PL […]

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The latest list of discontinued cameras

Those are the latest cameras listed as discontinued at B&H: Leica M9 Leica M9-P Leica D-Lux 5 Ricoh CX5 Sony a57 Sony NEX-5N Nikon Coolpix AW100 waterproof camera Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Canon PowerShot S100 Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W3 camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1 3D camera (are 3D cameras officially dead already?) Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 Panasonic […]

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Leica M, M-E, S, D-Lux 6, V-Lux 4, new lenses and adapters announced

Several new Leica products were announced today: Leica M Leica M-E Leica S Leica D-Lux 6 Leica V-Lux 4 Leica X2 “Edition Paul Smith” Leica X2 “à la carte” program Leica TS-APO-Elmar-S 120 mm f/5.6 ASPH lens Leica Vario-Elmar-S 30-90 mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH lens Leica Super-Elmar-S 24 mm f/3.5 ASPH lens Leica APO-Elmar-S 180 mm […]

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