Levison Wood - Walking the Nile

Submitted by Double Negative on January 12, 2015 - 3:09pm

A gentleman by the name of Levison Wood has taken it upon himself to walk up the Nile from its source all the way to the delta. No small feat, it spanned 3,800 miles, 6 countries and took 9 months. It would have been 4,250 miles had it not been for fighting in the South Sudan that forced him to skip a 450-mile section. Along for this epic journey was his trusty Leica camera. Read more below for details!

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Daniel Arsham Leicas for Los Angeles Store

Submitted by Double Negative on January 12, 2015 - 1:19pm

Exclusive La Vida Leica news! You may have heard the name Daniel Arsham before. He's a New York based artist who has been creating some very unique and interesting sculptures (including cameras) made of various stone materials. Turns out, he's even made a Leica camera or two (as is seen above). As you may also know, Leica Store Los Angeles sold their popular Fake Leica sculpture over the summer last year, in 2014 - leaving a large void where it once stood. This coming February 7, 2015 the void will be no more and filled with a glass showcase containing 25 life-sized Leica cameras, with five each of a different material by Arsham - including quartz, volcanic ash, and obsidian.

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Leica Store Bellevue Opens

Submitted by Double Negative on January 8, 2015 - 12:58pm

Leica Store Bellevue (Facebook) will soon officially open. It is located at the Bellevue Square Mall (at 575 Bellevue Square, #221) in Washington (just east and across Lake Washington from Seattle). See the map below for exact location. Stop by and check it out; their hours are 9:30am to 9:00pm weekdays, or give them a call at (425) 451-4060. Read more below for additional info, photos and press release!

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High-end Video with a Leica D-Lux 6?

Submitted by Double Negative on January 7, 2015 - 2:37pm

Our friends at Fstoppers ask in a post, "Is It Possible To Produce High End Video With A $600 Point & Shoot?" In the right hands, such as those of Ruslan Pelykh - it would appear that the answer is "yes." After using a DSLR and even a RED Epic - after much research, Ruslan chose the Leica D-Lux 6 because he wanted something small, low cost and unobtrusive. With it, he could shoot full 1080p HD video at 60fps (something a Canon 5D Mk3 can't even do). He is able to manually adjust shutter speed, downsample his footage to 24fps, and get nice SloMo. He doesn't go much above ISO 400 because of noise and there's no manual focus capability - so he just shoots with a wider focal length and stops down a bit to gain DoF latitude. Well worth a read. Read more below for a video created with the Leica D-Lux 6!

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