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A Leica M4 Olive sold for £71,861 (87,500 euros)
at the WestLicht Photographica auction in Venna,
Austria.
Westlicht's auction, on May 23, 2009, raised a total of about £965,530
(more than one million euros).
The original olive M4 made for the German army, went for more than double the high estimate.
It wasn't the only classic to beat the credit crunch. A Leica M3, presumed to be one of the earliest ever built
raised a staggering 72,000 euros.
An almost mint Nikon I went for 27,000 euros and a black painted Nikon S2 cost its new owner 8,400 euros.
WestLicht link
A Classic Micro?
Talking of classics, the Micro Four-Thirds camera expected to be launched by Olympus, looks very much like the 1959 Olympus Pen, according to a report on the Amateur Photographer website.
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A new Photoshop Camera Raw version has been released by Adobe.
Camera Raw 5.4 is a 'Release Candidate', which means the update is tested but not yet finalised. The latest version adds support for 26 cameras and backs, including the Canon EOS 5ooD, Nikon D5000, Olympus E620 and 18 Hasselblad models.
It can be dowloaded now from Adobe's Labs site: Cameras and backs supported:Canon EOS 500D (EOS Rebel T1i);
Epson R-D1x;
Hasselblad CF-22, CF-22MS, CF-39, CF-39MS, CFH-22, CFH-39, CFV, 503CWD, H2D-22, H2D-39, H3D-22, H3D-31, H3D-39, H3DII-22, H3DII-31, H3DII-39, H3DII-39MS, H3DII-50;
Kodak EasyShare Z980;
Nikon D5000;
Olympus E-450;
Olympus E-620;
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1
Sigma DP2
MAY NEWS
Adobe: Camera Raw 5.4 released
Panasonic: new Leica M and R adapters for Lumix G Micro system
Canon: EOS 5D Mark II firmware update
Panasonic: Lumix 14-45mm lens update
Sigma: DP2 Firmware update
Olympus: Zuiko lens firmware updates
Pentax: K-7 launched
