Leica Still Among Germany's Top Luxury Brands

Submitted by Double Negative on June 18, 2015 - 2:04pm

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 last time. Leica is listed as number three in "These are the strongest German luxury brands." A little unfortunate in a sense - as we posted earlier, the Leica Q received the wrong kind of attention. By "wrong" we mean Leica being associated as a luxury brand - and not so much a "camera company" that made them what they are... They're in good company with the likes of Montblanc (1), Graf von Faber Castell (7), Porsche (9) and BMW (10).

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Mobile Film Lab Tours the USA

Submitted by Double Negative on June 18, 2015 - 11:46am

Over on indieWIRE comes news of this awesomeness ever to prowl our streets... By way of "This Mobile Lab Will Help Keep 35mm Film Alive 'Breaking Bad'-Style." In the last week of March 2015 the Alpha Mobile Film Laboratory was unveiled at a ceremony hosted by the British Society of Cinematographers at the famous Pinewood Studios. The lab - officially known as "Alpha 1" - is a state-of-the-art full-service film processing facility entirely housed in a 44-foot-long mobile trailer. The Alpha 1 has been packed up in England, shipped to New York and is currently in the midst of a tour of the United States. Keep your eye out!

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Leica Q Receives Wrong Kind of Attention

Submitted by Double Negative on June 18, 2015 - 11:03am

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 116) camera made the list, except that its inclusion is a bit dubious. First and foremost, it's not described as an awesome performer (which it is) but rather, "the ultimate photography status symbol" that's "the perfect camera to carry around town on your shoulder." That's the first half - the second half complains of the $4,250 USD price tag. Oh well. Read more below!

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Adobe Releases ACR 9.1

Submitted by Double Negative on June 18, 2015 - 10:39am

Not a whole lot for Leica shooters, but a few notable things. First is the addition of a lens profile for the Voigtlander VM 15mm f4.5 Super Wide Heliar III Aspherical lens. More generic, but nice - new features include both Dehaze and Local White and Black Adjustment Sliders. You can see all the new stuff in the Lightroom Journal post "Camera Raw 9.1 is now available" and specifically the Dehaze feature on the Adobe Blog. To update, use the update mechanism in Photoshop CS6 and Creative Cloud app.

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