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What Leica Needs Now

by MarkV March 12, 2010 Leica

Leica Camera AG, the German camera and lens maker of M9 fame, needs to put more meaningful products into the hands of consumers. The fabled camera company has struggled during it’s transition into the digital world. The M8 had serious issues with banding/blobbing during it’s launch and the M9 has been plagued by supply issues. [...]

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Leica M9 IR Filter Problem

by MarkV January 7, 2010 Leica

Some Leica M9 camera users have experienced a failure of the IR filter that covers the Kodak supplied CCD. What is disturbing, besides the failure of a 7k dollar camera, is the IR filters are not compromised when leaving Solms. After delivery of the M9 the IR filter glass cracks. In some cases the IR filters [...]

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Cleaning M9 Sensor Dust With A Rocket Blower

by MarkV December 14, 2009 Leica

A while back I mentioned how useful Giottos rocket blower was for cleaning dust off lenses, film, negatives and sensors. Apparently Steve Huff is a fellow rocket blower fan. In the following video he demonstrates how to safely blow the dust off a Leica M9 camera. I use the rocket blower to dust off the [...]

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Waiting for the Leica M9

by MarkV October 21, 2009 Leica

Are you in the same boat as me, waiting for a Leica M9? Here are some things to check out while you wait. If you havn’t ordered your Leica M9 yet you can support this site by ordering your Leica M9 camera through Amazon. Dpreview has a hands on preview of the Leica M9 with [...]

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