Singapore Leica store celebrates first anniversary

The Leica store at Raffles Hotel in Singapore celebrated its first anniversary today with the a new compact camera and a photo exhibition.
The Leica store at Raffles Hotel Arcade in Singapore celebrates its first anniversary.

The Leica store at Raffles Hotel Arcade in Singapore celebrates its first anniversary.

The Leica store in the Raffles Hotel Arcade (#01-18) first opened its doors on October 10th last year.

Special edition Leica D-Lux 5 Titanium compact digital camera.

Special edition Leica D-Lux 5 Titanium compact digital camera.

As part of its first anniversary celebrations, it has launched the Special Edition of hte Leica D-Lux 5 Titanium compact digital camera.

It also launched the first photography exhibition in Singapore by Taiwanese rock singer Wu Bai (伍佰).

The compact camera has an elegant silver-grey Titanium look, and sports a 10.1-megapixel, 1/1.63” CCD sensor that records 720 pixel HD video.

Wu Bai talks about his passion for photography.

Wu Bai talks about his passion for photography.

Focal range is from 24 to 90 mm (35mm equivalent).

Priced at SS$1,595, the camera comes bundled with the full version of Photoshop Lightroom, which is worth some S$400 on its own.

The standard Leica D-Lux 5 retails at S$1,200.

Wu Bai’s exhibition of 14 black-and-white photos is themed “More Earth” and features photos of the environment that he took in Taiwan.

The exhibition will begin tomorrow and last till December 2, 2011.

It will be open daily from 10 am to 8 pm, admission free.

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