Leica had launched a slew of new cameras, lenses and accessories in Berlin during its global launch on 10 May.
The slew of products have now been launched in Singapore as well, with some of them available immediately, while others only available in August.
The list of new beautiful but pricey gadgets from Leica are listed below:
- Leica M Monochrom
- Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH
- Leica M9-P »Edition Hermès«
- Leica M9-P »Edition Hermès« – Série Limitée Jean-Louis Dumas
- Leica X2
- Leica V-Lux 40
- Leica S-Adapter H
The Leica S2 is now available for rent from the Camera Rental Centre, at S$588 per day, together with a choice of two lenses.
The available lenses are the Elmarit-S 30mm f/2.8, Summarit-S 35mm f/2.5, Summarit-S 70mm f/2.5 and the APO-Macro Summarit-S f/2.5.
The retail price of an S2 body is S$32,550 while the retail prices for the lenses range from S$6,560 to S$9,630.
New Customer Care Centre for Leica Camera Asia Pacific
Leica has revealed a newly renovated and improved Customer Care Centre at the International Building at Orchard, Singapore.
Leica customers sending in their camera equipment for service and repair will get their gear back much faster than before.
The centre is now equipped with new Leica Rangefinder and sensor calibration machine for the M digital cameras.
The new equipment carries out adjustment and calibration checks such as confirmation and alignment of sensor flatness, which used to be done only in Germany.
The 2012 Leica Oskar Barnack Award is open from now until 1 March 2011.
The Leica Oskar Barnack Award will be presented for the 33rd time this year. The winner will receive a Leica M9-P camera with lens worth approximately €10,000, in addition to a cash prize of €5,000.
A second honour in the course of the competition will be awarded in the category ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award’, for (prospective) professional photographers aged 25 and under.
The winner of the first prize in this section will also be awarded a Leica M9-P complete with lens.
Using the Leica V-Lux 3 review unit to shoot gingerbread man
Christmas is just THIS weekend! There’s been plenty of X’mas parties leading up to it.
We’ve thrown our share for the kids as well. So what better than to use the occasion to test drive the Leica V-Lux 3 review unit?
My wife used the digital compact to snap pictures of the goodie bags that she’d prepared for our children’s friends.
She hasn’t used a camera for ages because I do all the shooting in the family, but she took to the camera so quickly she actually enjoyed using it.
The image quality was good as well. Focusing was fast and images were pin sharp - a testimony to the Leica lens.
Mr Postman delivers: Leica V-Lux 3
The courier dropped off the Leica V-Lux 3 compact digital camera today for review. The new compact had just been announced last week and will be available from January 2012 at S$1,345.
This 12.1-megapixel compact digital camera has 24x zoom lens going from 25-600mm at apertures from f/2.8 - 5.2.
It records full-HD video in AVCHD format with 1920 x 1080 pixels at 60 full frames per second.
I like its fully articulated 460,000-pixel 3” LCD display that can be folded in any directions for taking photos at awkward angles.
I’ll be reviewing it over the holiday season to find out its actual performance and image quality.
