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Dear Leica friends,

Today we would like to inform you about:


__LEICA DIGITAL-MODUL-R wins the DIMA INNOVATIVE
DIGITAL PRODUCT AWARD 2005
__New brochure Leica R-system now online
__New column by Erwin Puts now available! Current issue:
LEICA VARIO-ELMAR-R 21-35 mm f/3.5-4 ASPH.
__LFI - LEICA FOTOGRAFIE INTERNATIONAL
Don’t miss LFI 03/2005! Available since March 23rd!


__LEICA DIGITAL-MODUL-R wins the DIMA INNOVATIVE
DIGITAL PRODUCT AWARD 2005

The LEICA DIGITAL-MODUL-R has won the DIMA
INNOVATIVE DIGITAL PRODUCT AWARD 2005. The
American Digital Imaging Association had announced the
award within the framework of the 9th DIMA Digital Camera
Shoot-Out for new products incorporating outstanding
innovations in technology, application and design. The
selection was made from the several hundreds of products
that were on show at the American PMA trade fair in
Orlando. With the award, the trade journalists praised the
LEICA DIGITAL-MODUL-R for its high quality and forward-
looking solution as the world's first digital back for 35mm
cameras.

Further information on the LEICA DIGITAL-MODUL-R at
http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte...l/index_e.html


__New brochure Leica R-system online

Analog or digital? In the future, there will be only one
answer. The LEICA DIGITAL-MODUL-R is a system
accessory consisting of a digital back and a power unit that
enables the analog SLR camera LEICA R8 and R9 to be
converted for digital use within only a few seconds. All the
high-performance lenses of the Leica R system made since
1965 can therefore now be used for both digital and analog
top-quality photography. Further information on the LEICA
DIGITAL-MODUL-R can be found in the new brochure
Leica R-system. It is available as a PDF file.

Further information on the brochure Leica R-system at
http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte...f/index_e.html


__New column by Erwin Puts now available! Current issue:
LEICA VARIO-ELMAR-R 21-35 mm f/3.5-4 ASPH.

The new column on the subject Leica R-lenses with
technical features and backround information by Erwin Puts
is online. The current column includes the LEICA VARIO-
ELMAR-R 21-35 mm f/3.5-4 ASPH., a compact, lightweight
zoom lens that covers the full range of the most frequently
used focal lengths in the wide-angle range. Even
at full aperture, both contrast and sharpness are
comparable to those of lenses with fixed focal lengths. In
spite of its compact design, the LEICA VARIO-ELMAR-R 21-35 mm f/3.5-4
ASPH. has an unusually high performance. That is due to the use of two
aspherical surfaces and two lens elements made of high-refraction
optical glass and glass with anomalous partial dispersion. With its
highly practical range of focal lengths and its outstanding imaging
performance, this lens masters especially those tasks for which one
would otherwise need four different wide-angle lenses: From
photographing people and their nearby surroundings to spacious landscape
photographs with a great feeling of depth.

Further information on the current column at
http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte...e/index_e.html

Technical features on the LEICA VARIO-ELMAR-R 21-35
mm f/3.5-4 ASPH. at
http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte...m/index_e.html


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R lenses: Purchasing advice – the best lenses throughout
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Leica – A chance in a crisis. How Leica plans to return to
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Furchheim.
Test: Film scanners for less than 500 Euros – the potential
of introductory scanners.
Bokeh: a clear advantage – understanding the
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Leica Newsletter v1.2

[Otto McDiesel]

I did not think for a second that they will die.

[Wehr]

Originally Posted by Otto McDiesel

I did not think for a second that they will die.

I agree. Next binocular is coming up in July:


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LEICA GEOVID 8 x 56 BRF

The first 8 x 56 binocular with an integrated laser rangefinder

With the new LEICA GEOVID 8 x 56 BRF, Leica is expanding the line of Geovid models, offering the demanding hunter an unmatched binocular that has been optimized for hunting from a stand at twilight and at nighttime. It was designed in close consultation with experienced European hunters, and it was tailored to their wishes. Highest optical performance, coupled with accurate laser rangefinding, combined in an extraordinarily compact binocular – handy, light, precise.

Leica is the first optics specialist to succeed in combining uncompromising high-performance optics and a laser rangefinder in a particularly compact binocular. That makes the efficiency of the new Geovid 8 x 56 BRF stand out far above that of a classic binocular.
>


Unfortunately true field of view is only 118m/1000m.

Walter

[Andy Bright]

Originally Posted by Wehr

I agree. Next binocular is coming up in July:


<
LEICA GEOVID 8 x 56 BRF

The first 8 x 56 binocular with an integrated laser rangefinder

With the new LEICA GEOVID 8 x 56 BRF, Leica is expanding the line of Geovid models, offering the demanding hunter an unmatched binocular that has been optimized for hunting from a stand at twilight and at nighttime. It was designed in close consultation with experienced European hunters, and it was tailored to their wishes. Highest optical performance, coupled with accurate laser rangefinding, combined in an extraordinarily compact binocular – handy, light, precise.

Leica is the first optics specialist to succeed in combining uncompromising high-performance optics and a laser rangefinder in a particularly compact binocular. That makes the efficiency of the new Geovid 8 x 56 BRF stand out far above that of a classic binocular.
>


Unfortunately true field of view is only 118m/1000m.

Walter

I wonder if we'll be seeing this at the Birdfair.... if it is, then I think some hasty rewording about what rangefinding can do for the birder