Trade or sell ANY brand camera equipment at Leica Store Miami
Join Leica Store Miami and KEH Camera for a special “Buy or Trade” event, held at Leica Store Miami’s retail showroom in Coral Gables, on April 4, 5 & 6. Experts from KEH will be on hand to evaluate and purchase ANY brand of photography equipment, as long as it is in clean, working condition.
If you decide to trade-in your equipment towards a purchase with Leica Store Miami, KEH will offer a 10% bonus on top of their purchase offer as a trade-in credit. This is a fantastic opportunity to trade in non-Leica (or Leica too!) equipment towards any in-stock items at Leica Store Miami, or simply sell it outright to KEH right in the store.
A reader (thanks @aljawad) sent me two photos demonstrating the dynamic range of the new 60MP sensor inside the Leica SL3 camera:
“I picked up my Leica SL3 from the Dubai Leica store last week, and for the past few days I used it with the Vario-Elmar 100-400mm for some bird photography (some of the results are on my IG @aljawad).
This evening I changed to the APO-ASPH 35mm Summicron lens and performed my usual low light test. First I set the ISO to 50 and the camera to aperture priority (at f/2) + auto white balance, and the camera set the shutter speed to 2 seconds. Next, I switched to the manual mode and underexposed the image by 5 stops to a shutter speed of 1/15 second. Using Lightroom the exposure of the underexposed image was boosted by a factor of +5.
Here are the images: the first one is the 2-sec exposure followed by the 1/15 second “dark” exposure and finally the boosted underexposed image. Other than the exposure boost and the DNG to JPEG export, no other manipulations were made.”
First test picture (normal exposure):
Second picture (underexposed):
The same underexposed picture from above edited in Lightroom (exposure +5):
“60 Megapixel BSI CMOS Sensor: Headlining the changes, the Leica SL3 is now packing the same cutting-edge 60 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor we’ve seen on the M11 and Q3. With an ISO range of 50-100,000 and an amazing 15-stops of dynamic range, this chip delivers next-level image quality. Just like on the M11, expect a bump in low light performance along with the increased resolution. This is made possible by utilizing BSI technology.”
Here are a couple of details from the original two images images. In each of the following pairs the first crop is from the camera-exposed 2-second image, while the second crop is from the manual 5-stop underexposed image:
I received some additional information on the rumored Leica M11-D camera:
Official announcement rumored for May 2024
ISO dial on the back instead of a screen (like the Leica M-D Typ 262, not like the Leica M10-D that had an on/off switch and EV compensation wheel on the back)
The previously rumored Leica Summilux-M 35 f/1.4 in black anodized limited edition lens is now officially announced:
“The Leica Summilux-M 35 f/1.4 from 1961 is still as popular as ever. In particular, the black edition with its characteristic silver front ring known as the “Steel Rim” has become a coveted collector’s item, in part owing to a very small production run. Now, in honor of this unique lens, we introduce a new special edition, limited to 200 units.:
Leica is rumored to announce a new Leica M11-D camera (this is the model without an LCD screen). The official announcement should happen later in 2024, but I am not sure about the exact date.
Leica is also rumored to bring back the Leicavit in chrome and black (not sure if it’s black paint, black chrome, or maybe both). The price is expected to be around €1,050 and the official announcement is expected in 2024.
