New Leica M Monochrom Announced!
In a quick move, and a story we broke yesterday - Leica has released the new M Monochrom ahead of the weekend! Grab the technical specs (in English). Nothing terribly surprising - it's basically a...
View ArticleLeica Offers 12% Savings in USA
Leica Camera is pleased to announce for a limited time only, a 12% savings on all Leica products except for the new M Monochrom (Type 246), Leica M-P Safari set, Leica M-P Correspondent by Lenny...
View ArticleA Look at Paris Photo Los Angeles 2015
Today we're very happy to present an in-depth report by James Lehrer, who was on assignment for La Vida Leica at the U.S. edition of the celebrated art fair at Paris Photo Los Angeles from May 1-3,...
View ArticleVladimir Panasenko Exhibition in San Francisco
The Vladimir Panasenko exhibition "C’est La Vie in B&W" is now open at Leica Store San Francisco and runs from April 27 until July 2, 2015. You can register for the reception on May 7, 2015 - or...
View ArticleLeica Q (Type 116) Coming Next Month
Exclusive La Vida Leica news! We have it on very good authority what next month will bring... Originally, we thought the new M Monochrom (Type 246) would arrive in June (until we revised that at the...
View ArticleLeica Cameras Now with Lightroom 6
All Leica cameras purchased as of now are supplied with a licence for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6, the latest version of the powerful, professional image editing software from Adobe. You can download...
View ArticleLeica Summilux-M 28mm f/1.4 Soon
A lens we've been talking about for a long, long time - the Leica Summilux-M 28mm f/1.4 ASPH - will finally see a release that mere mortals can get a hold of, outside of the Leica M "Edition 100" set,...
View ArticleThe Future of the Leica M (Cometh)
Exclusive La Vida Leica news! So, earlier in the week we dropped a little tidbit about the Leica Q (Type 116) coming in June. What about the Leica M, you ask? Many people have been thinking that there...
View ArticleLeica Fotopark Goes Social
Just a quick note to let everyone know that the Leica Fotopark cloud service received two nice updates today, one of which has been promised since it was launched last September (or at least, went...
View ArticleLeica Issues Service Advisory on MM (Type 246) Files
Leica Camera has issued a service advisory regarding a compatibility issue with the new M Monochrom (Type 246) camera when using DNG files in Apple’s Photos.app: Leica Camera would like to inform you...
View ArticleLeica Announces Summilux-M 28mm f/1.4 ASPH
You can also pre-order from Leica Store San Francisco! A lens release we've been waiting for, for a long time and even mentioned that it was coming soon two weeks ago - is here! The Leica Summilux-M...
View ArticleJaguar Limited Edition Leica M6
In 1998, Jaguar commissioned Leica Camera to design a limited edition M6 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its XK120 automobile. Only 50 were made, and pretty soon - one will be up for auction at...
View ArticleMeister Camera Promises New Family Member
Meister Camera in Germany, operating out of Hamburg, Berlin and Munich - has today announced that a new "groundbreaking" product will appear in their stores as of June 11, 2015. Whatever could it...
View ArticleLeica Q (Type 116) Pre-order Options
Leica Store Miami Leica Store San Francisco Amazon Adorama B&H You can pre-order your brand new Leica Q (Type 116) from any of these fine retailers and Leica stores, or use the...
View ArticleLeica X/T - Headed for Discontinuation?
It shouldn't be any secret that Leica's grand experiment, the Leica T (Type 701) camera system - hasn't sold well. At best, it was half-baked at launch. Now that the Leica Q (Type 116) has been...
View ArticleIntroducing the Leica Q - In-depth Review
Leica Store Miami Leica Store San Francisco Amazon Adorama B&H Today Leica Camera has announced the new Leica Q (Type 116) camera! A camera that we first told you about back in...
View ArticleLeica Q Receives Wrong Kind of Attention
Everything that's wrong with Leica today can be summed up fairly simply, as seen in the "Father’s Day Photography Gift List 2015" over on the L.A. Times site. It's great that the new Leica Q (Type...
View ArticleLeica Still Among Germany's Top Luxury Brands
As we reported back in 2013 in the article "Leica leads in top-50 luxury brands", Handelsblatt once again gives us a peek at the top German luxury brands - though perhaps not in as much detail as the...
View ArticleKravitz Headed to Wetzlar for "Flash"
A brief note that Lenny Kravitz is headed to Leica Gallery Wetzlar to promote his Flash book and exhibition. He's expected to make an appearance at 5:30pm local time next Tuesday, June 23, 2015. There...
View ArticleLeica Rediscovers 1930s Aerial Photos of China
Both Der Tagesspiegel (in English) and Die Welt (in English) are reporting on an interesting story of rediscovered negatives from the 30's, shot by a gentleman by the name of Wulf-Diether Graf zu...
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