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The Yosemite in Springtime with the LEICA M3 16-18 May 2014

California's Gold Country Photographed with the M6 TTL April 2010

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).

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NEU: LEICA M EV1.

The M EV1 is the first LEICA or LEICA M with an electronic finder.

For the first time in over one hundred years of LEICA photography, we finally can see exactly what will be in our picture through a viewfinder! Optical finders and reflex Visoflex catastrophes were more suited to disposable cameras, never anything digital.

Optical finders have been obsolete since film. It's about time that LEICA, the inventor of the mirrorless camera in 1918, finally made a mirrorless camera., which now obsoletes everything else they've done this past 107 years.

This is an Instrument of the Immortals, so of course there is no autofocus. I have no idea why there is an LCD on the back. Of course the M EV1 has no optical rangefinder, which also went obsolete once the world went digital. Optical finders were barely good enough for film, but needed constant calibration and worked poorly with long or very fast lenses if you wanted perfect focus.

Auf Wiedersehen, hundert Jahre optische LEICA und LEICA M, ein Hoch auf die neue M!

October 2025

Neu: LEICA M11-P SAFARI

11 May 2025, Sunday

LEICA M11-P SAFARI

11 May 2025, Sunday

Neu von LEICA in schwarz glänzend (glossy black)

LEICA M11, schwarz glänzend (glossy black).

LEICA NOCTILUX 50mm f/1.2 ASPH, schwarz glänzend (glossy black).

21 November 2024, Thursday

LEICA M11-P (also at Adorama).

60 MP, 4.5 FPS, ISO 64 ~ 51,200, 0.73x finder, only one card slot.

Comes in silver and in black.

LEICA 18551 Leather Bag für M System.

LEICA 18553 Leather Camera Strap.

26 October 2023, Thursday

LEICA M11 Monochrom.

15 April 2023

LEICA M11

Check price.

13 January 2022

LEICA M10-R

Check price.

16 July 2020

LEICA M10 Monochrom

Check price.

17 January 2020

LEICA M10-P

21 August 2018

LEICA M10

2017-

LEICA M 240

2012-2017

LEICA M-E

The same M9, minus the needless USB socket and preview lever.

2012-

LEICA M9 (in deutscher Sprache)

2009-2012, 593g.

Introduced 09 September 2009. Digital full-frame.

LEICA M9-P

2011 - today, 593g.

Introduced 09 September 2009. Digital full-frame.

LEICA M9 Titanium

LEICA M9 Color Rendition 20 August 2010

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

Fuji X-Pro1

The future of LEICA photography. Not M-mount; better.

2012-

LEICA M7

2002 - today, 630g.

Leica's best RealRaw camera. Electronic TTL.

Compared to CLE and Zeiss Ikon.

Zeiss Ikon

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.

Compared to CLE and LEICA M7.

Konica Hexar RF

1999-2003, 601g.

A cheaper version of a Contax G2 chassis with an M mount and manual rangefinder.

LEICA M6 and M6 TTL

1984-2002, 560-608g.

Leica's most advanced mechanical camera. Manual TTL light metering, also TTL flash on M6 TTL.

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.

The LEICAMETER 03 November 2010

enlarge image (review coming).

Leitz Minolta CLE

1980-1985, 402g.

The lightest modern Leica (402g). Made by Minolta. 28mm, 40mm and 90mm finder. Electronic TTL.

Compared to LEICA M7 and Zeiss Ikon.

LEICA M3: The World's Best 35mm Camera

1954-1967, 610g.

Leica's first M camera, advancing the older screw-mount cameras.

The M3 has Leica's highest-magnification finder ever made (0.91x), which makes it Leica's best finder for use with for 50mm, 90mm and 135mm lenses. It also covers 35mm lenses designed for the M3.

The M3 is 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. The M3 was years ahead of its time, and is still a fantastic camera today.

LEICA M3 Buyer's Guide 04 November 2010

LEICA M3 User's Guide 04 November 2010

The LEICAMETER 03 November 2010

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