Leica M Monochrom now available in grayscale (sort of)
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The new silver-chrome version of the Leica M Monochrom will be available in limited numbers from authorized Leica dealers by the end of this month. |
Have you been lusting after a Leica Monochrom but anxiously hoping for its release in a new body finish? Well your long, nightmarish wait is over. Leica has announced that due to 'popular demand' its M Monochrom, first announced in 2012, is now available in a new limited silver chrome 'color version'.
Press release:
Responding to popular demand, Leica Camera AG is delighted to announce that the Leica M Monochrom is now available in a new colour version: silver chrome finish.
With the market launch of the Leica M Monochrom around two years ago, Leica set a ground-breaking milestone in the field of black-and-white digital photography. The M Monochrom is known as the ideal tool for photographers who appreciate black-and-white photography as an expressive medium. In genres from reportage photography and available-light shooting to discreet, artistically aesthetic compositions, the camera adapts flexibly to every need and delivers convincingly exceptional imaging results in every situation.
The silver chrome Leica M Monochrom will be available in limited numbers from the end of May from authorised Leica dealers.
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Photokina 2012 is proving a busy show for Leica, with two new M models, the 'M', which succeeds the M9, and offers live view and movie mode, among other refinements, and the ME - a cut-down model, which offers the same functionality as the M9 at a more affordable price. Barnaby Britton caught up with M product manager Jesko von Oeynhausen at the Leica stand.
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