The new 7artisans 75mm f/1.25 lens for Leica M-mount will be officially released on August 10th with a US price tag of $449 (£450 in the UK).
For comparison, the Leica 75mm f/1.25 Noctilux lens is $12,795 and the new Voigtlander Nokton 75mm f/1.5 Asph lens is $999.
The 7artisans 75mm f/1.25 lens is already listed for pre-order at B&H Photo and should come soon to Amazon and Adorama:
Additional pictures of the 7artisans 75mm f/1.25 lens:
You can get a la carte refurbished Leica M9 cameras in Wetzlar for €2,800 (Leica M9-P for €3,000) – here is a report from Jonathan Slack:
The latest Leica related books:
→ The book of the Leica R-series cameras.
→ Photographer’s Guide to the Leica C-Lux.
→ Ernst Leitz III – Die Leica stets im Blick: Asphärentechnologie und Glasforschung – die Basis für ganz neue Objektive (in German).
→ Retro-Kameras: Modelle – Technik – Design (in German).
→ Black Paint Leica book by Douglas So: the book can be ordered at www.f22.com ([email protected]).
Additional information from LHSA:
In addition to silver and black, the metal rear lens caps for M-mount lenses are now available in four additional colors (red, blue, gold and dark safari green) at the LR online store:
Last week a reader contacted me about a potential Leica Q2 bug which I mentioned in the Leica Q2 Facebook page:
CEO of Leica Camera Russia Klaus Hauer (left)
Back in February LCR (Leica Camera Russia) announced that it will no longer represent Leica Camera AG in the Russian Federation.
The Russian edition of Maxim recently reported that Leica is back in Russia and Leica Store Moscow was recently “reopened” after Leica Camera AG registered their own Russian representation in May.
Voigtlander Nokton Vintage Line 75mm f/1.5 Aspherical VM lens for Leica M-mount first impressions video:
