Category Archives: Leica Lenses

MS-Optical Perar Super Triplet 28mm F/4 lens

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I have covered the MS Super Triplet Perar 3.5/35 Mark II lens on this blog in the past, but I was not aware that there is also a 28mm f/4 version until I came across this listings on japancamerahunter.com: This lens has been produced after over a year of research by Miyazaki san, and he has learned a lot [...]

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Leica Noctilux DOF scale

The press image of the Leica Noctilux 50mm f/0.95 lens (on the left) that is also uploaded on Leica’s website has the incorrect DOF scale. If the lens is set to infinity, the f/16 mark should point at 5 meters and not 10 meters. As you can see from the table bellow, the DOF in this [...]

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SLR Magic HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 lens with Leica M mount announced

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Since SLR Magic initially broke the news about their new HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 lens (M mount), they had to make some design changes to the final version before today’s official announcement: The lens is bigger than the initial prototype and it’s a true 50mm focal length. The f/0.95 is also a true aperture and not a theoretical f value Some [...]

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Download the old version of Leica Lens Compendium by Erwin Puts for free

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You can download the old 2005 version of Leica Lens Compendium by Erwin Puts for free at this link. This 223 page version does not contain any images and it’s available as a free download with the permission of the author. Erwin Puts released a new new version of this book in August 2011.

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What’s in stock now?

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Many readers are trying to buy Leica M lenses before the price increase kicks in on January 1st, 2012. For the next few weeks I will maintain a list of all Leica M lenses that currently in stock at our sponsors. Right now Adorama and B&H are completely sold out of Leica M lenses – they don’t even [...]

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