
Pope Francis’s Leica M-A film camera (reg. $6,310) will be auctioned for charity at the 47th Leitz Photographica Auction on November 22, 2025, and is estimated to fetch between €700,000 and €800,000. Additional picture and information:

It seems that the new product announcement I mentioned a few days ago (June 18th?) will be for a new limited edition camera to mark the 50th anniversary of Leica Historica: “Continuing the tradition of the LEICA-HISTORICA special editions M6, TRI-Elmar-M, Leicavit-M, M (Type 246), and LEICA MP for our previous anniversaries, LEICA Camera is […]

The latest Leica M Edition 70 limited edition film camera (Leica M-A + Leicavit + 50 APO) is now shipping to the few lucky customers who were able to get one of the 250 sets available worldwide: Leica to release a new “Leica M Edition 70” limited edition film camera (Leica M-A + Leicavit + […]

Leica will release a new “Leica M Edition 70” limited edition film camera (Leica M-A + Leicavit + 50 APO) for their 70 year anniversary: Limited edition to only 250 sets Platinum-plated special edition Based on the Leica M-A camera With Leica APO-Summicron-M 50 f/2 ASPH lens Price: €22,500 (incl. VAT) Available in early 2025 […]

As I already reported Leica M film cameras are very hard to find in the US. It seems that this is not a problem for some stores in Europe. Meister Camera in Germany for example currently has all analog/film Leica M models in stock available for immediate delivery (Leica MP, Leica M-A in both silver […]

The previously rumored Leica M-A “Titan” limited edition film camera with a matching APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH lens is now officially announced: Solid titanium construction – 45% lighter but 25% harder than brass Vintage-inspired 50mm APO-Summicron-M f/2 ASPH lens, modeled after the very first 50mm Summicron-M released in 1956 Classic “Ernst Leitz Wetzlar” script engraving […]