Leica lust continues

Posted in This Just In... on April 7th, 2009 by gkrakow

Say the name Leica to a photographer and their eyes begin to tear.  Their 35mm rangefinder cameras have always been top-notch.  Newspaper (remember them?) cameramen always used them – even after SLRs became all the rage. 

The world’s mad rush from film to digital slowed Leica down a bit – but you can never count them out.  Their most recent digital model, the M8, now allows you to use all of the “M” series accessories (lenses, filters, etc.) from previous, high-performance M-series cameras. 

The M8 retails for a few pennies short of $4K. Leicas, including the M8, usually come in silver-and-black or all black.  But now, there’s word of a new, all-white, limited edition M8.  It’s sure to be an immediate collector’s item.  No official word on what that great looking version will sell for.

Google phones galore in 2009?

Posted in This Just In... on April 7th, 2009 by gkrakow

Reports abound that T-Mobile may have more than one new Android-based phone in the works for this year.   We expect to hear about what is being dubbed the “G-2″ — a full touch-screen model first being released by Vodafone in the U.K.  We got a preview of that handset from manufacturer HTC last week in Las Vegas. 

Now there’s word that a “G-3″ might be a reality by the end of the year.  I’m guessing that it could be made by Huawei of China – and look a lot like the non-working model we saw behind a thick wall of glass in Barcelona, back in February.