→ Leica released a new MP limited-edition camera with a Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH lens for the 10th anniversary of the Leica Marina Bay Sands store. Only 10 sets of the Leica MP Leica Store Marina Bay Sands 10th Anniversary Edition will be available for a price of around $18,300.
→ Thypoch announced a new Simera-C 100mm T1.9 lens for Leica M mount: B&H Photo | Thypoch (additional information).
→ Black-and-white film roundup.
→ Trading in your gear to B&H Photo explained.
→ The Lomography 32mm f/2.8 LC-A Minitar-1 Art lens for Leica M Mount is still available for sale (additional information).
→ Godox released firmware update v1.18 for the iT32 flash, improving compatibility with the Leica M11 camera. More information on the iT32 flash is available here. Godox is rumored to introduce a new iT32R flash based on the Godox iT32, but with a round head instead of a square one.
→ The Thypoch 24-50mm f/2.8 lens will also be available for Leica L-mount.
→ Rolleiflex also got their own photography-inspired watch: Artra Designs (the company behind the Artra lenses that are sold at B&H Photo and Amazon) will soon release a new Artra × Rolleiflex Camera Dual watch for photographers (additional information is available here and here).
→ The UK-based UsedLens (US version of the site) website tracks used camera and lens prices across 45 UK retailers: “The pre-ASPH Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 rose 4.8% to £2,014 this quarter, while the current ASPH fell 20% to £1,799, so the older lens now costs more used. The Noctilux-M 50mm f/1.2 rose 24% to £5,350. Leica’s 598 cameras for sale in the UK are also worth as much as Fujifilm’s 5,598.”
→ Two Leica M4 black paint cameras: which one is rarer? (by Jo Geier/Mint & Rare).
