Monthly Archives: September 2016

New Leica M-P Typ 240 Titanium limited edition camera announced for Leica Store Ginza 10th anniversary

A new Leica M-P Typ 240 titanium limited edition camera was announced in Japan today to commemorate the Leica Store Ginza 10th anniversary. Only 50 pieces of this model will be produced. This limited edition doesn’t include any lenses and is 90g lighter than the “regular” brass Leica M-P. I believe this is not the […]

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New Leica M 0.8 cinema lenses announced

The previously rumored new line of Leica M cinema lenses are now officially announced by CW Sonderoptic. Here are the details:

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New Leica M-P Type 240 Titanium limited edition camera coming soon

Leica will soon announce a new Leica M-P Type 240 Titanium limited edition camera that will come as a set with the APO Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH and Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH lenses. Only 333 sets will be produced worldwide (click on the image below for larger view): Update #1: the price of this limited edition camera set […]

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Get ready to not see a new Leica M at Photokina

I already mentioned the possibility of Leica not releasing a new digital M rangefinder for Photokina this year. This has been pretty much the consensus of all tips and emails I received in the past few weeks. With the exception of one tip, we have not seen any leaks or indications that a new M is coming […]

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Leica Boutique Montreal

Camtec Photo has been a Leica dealer and has been serving the Montreal and Canadian clientele for over thirty five years. During the summer of 2016 they extended their Leica presence and representation by becoming the Official Leica Boutique Montreal. See their Leica page for more details and current offerings. A few more pictures of […]

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The new Leica Boston Store and Gallery will open on September 16th

The new Leica Boston Store and Gallery will officially open on September 16th:

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The new T camera will be called “Leica TL”

The new Leica T camera that will be announced at Photokina will be called Leica TL. You probably already noticed that the new Leica APO Macro-Elmarit TL 60mm f/2.8 ASPH lens was already labeled as TL while previous lenses were just T. All this makes sense since the SL and TL technically share the same mount […]

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