Voigtländer announced a new 21mm f/1.8 Ultron lens for M mount. The price is 1150 EUR. Shipping is expected in early 2013.
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The event “LEICA – DAS WESENTLICHE” will start today at 7:00 pm CET (1:00 pm EST). Stay tuned for detailed coverage throughout the day. You can follow LeicaRumors on Twitter and Facebook. You can also get notifications via RSS and email.
The Leica event “Das Wesentliche” will take place on September 17th (next Monday) in Cologne. The only update I have for now is that Leica will introduce a new M mount adapter for R lenses. If you still have your R glass, soon you will be able to use it on the upcoming Leica M rangefinder (may not necessary be called M10). Focusing will probably be done with an optional EVF (focus peaking).
After the first price reduction, the Leica M9 and M9-P cameras are now further discounted on amazon.com:
Elliott Erwitt will be part of Leica’s “Visual Gallery” in Photokina. From October 12 the “Personal Best for Leica” collection will be on display at various Leica galleries parallel with his new book “Elliott Erwitt XXL Special Edition” (update: the price of the book on Amazon is now set to $1,629.15):
Here is the full press release (Google translation):
Solms (ots) – The renowned American Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt has curated for the Leica Camera AG is an exclusive collection of his most famous photographs. The 50 pictures comprehensive collection for the first time at Photokina in the photo exhibition of 18 to 23 September 2012 exhibited at the Leica Gallery in Hall 1 of the Cologne fair – and then shown around the world in all Leica Galleries.
The upcoming Leica D-Lux 6 and V-Lux 4 cameras are exactly what you would expect them to be.
The new models are based on the Panasonic LX7 and FZ200 cameras and will probably be announced on September 17th, 2012. The expected specs are:
