{"id":895,"date":"2009-09-09T22:37:28","date_gmt":"2009-09-09T21:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/?p=895"},"modified":"2009-09-19T22:00:42","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T21:00:42","slug":"new-cameras-from-leica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/archives\/895","title":{"rendered":"New cameras from Leica!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-898\" title=\"leica m9\" src=\"http:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/steel-grey-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"leica m9\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/steel-grey-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/steel-grey-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/steel-grey-1024x748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/steel-grey.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Leica isn&#8217;t a firm which releases new models often.  It&#8217;s usually content to sit on the fringe of the camera owning crowds with a dedicated and fearlessly loyal bunch of users and with much justification too.  Optically their lenses are among the finest around and their expensive camera bodies don&#8217;t drop in value as much as their other brands.  Once upon a time before Japanese firms became dominant it was German cameras which the world wanted and Leica is one of the few which have survived.<\/p>\n<p>Today then is quite an event for Leica fans.  Two new models are on the shelves including a long desired and technically very impressive full frame digital rangefinder.  This is quite an achievement as the difficulties of light hitting the sensor at the wrong angle in a shallow rangefinder body has been a difficult technical problem to overcome.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t going to be a camera for the masses but it&#8217;s one to be desired and treasured.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-900\" title=\"leica_x1_01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/leica_x1_01-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"leica_x1_01\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/leica_x1_01-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/leica_x1_01-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/leica_x1_01.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Alongside the very splendid M9 is a new compact camera which, like the Sigma DP2, has a large sensor usually found in SLR bodies.  The X1 is a beautiful little camera and a worthy addition to anyone&#8217;s bag.<\/p>\n<p>Why not pop over the the Leica website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leica-camera.com\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">http:\/\/www.leica-camera.com<\/span><\/a> and take a look for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t blame us if you feel the desire to own one too.  We already have our noses pressed to the shop window sighing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leica isn&#8217;t a firm which releases new models often.  It&#8217;s usually content to sit on the fringe of the camera owning crowds with a dedicated and fearlessly loyal bunch of users and with much &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":947,"href":"https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions\/947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.european-lifestyle.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}