Monthly Archives: October 2015

Leica highlights from the upcoming Westlicht Camera Auction

Leica highlights from the upcoming Westlicht Camera Auction that will take place on November 21st, 2015 (the complete and detailed catalogue will be published 3-4 weeks prior to the auction date): Update: the catalog is now available online. Leica 60 unique ‘Stainless Steel’ outfit Unique set of a pre-series Leica 60 no. P01/24 with three […]

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The new Leica color filters for B&W are now in stock

The new “specially calculated” Leica color filters for B&W are now in stock at Leica Store Miami and at PopFlash (yellow, green, and orange available in E39 and E46). This new set of filters were announced together with the M Monochrom Typ 246 camera. Additional information is available here:

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Leica Q app v1.1 released with support for iOS 9

Leica camera released a new version 1.1 of their Leica Q app for iPhones and iPads with added support for iOS9. Download links: iPhone | iPad.

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Coming soon: MS Optical 35mm f/1.4 APOQUARIA lens

Mr. Miyazaki of MS Optical in Japan has another new Leica M-mount lens coming out soon: the tiny but fast 35mm f/1.4 APOQUARIA. The tentative price is ¥100,000 (tax not included, or around $831). More MS Optics lenses can be found here. MS Optics lenses can be purchased at: Amazon Japan eBay Map Camera Japanexposures MKdirect Fotoborse […]

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Annie Barton camera straps for Leica cameras

Annie Barton is a new(er) brand (since 2010) that manufactures cameras straps and other accessories. Their products are currently available at the Leica Boutique PRA Perth (Australia) and Reddotcameras (UK). Here are few more of their models:

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Richard Seymour: Photographing Leitz Park with the Leica S (video)

Richard Seymour, British industry and architecture photographer, was one of the first to try out the new Leica S (Typ 007). He went to Leica Camera AG’s headquarters at Leitz Park to test the camera out. In this video, he talks about his photographic approach to shooting architecture, the focus on modernity in his work […]

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Two new Voigtländer VM lenses: 10mm f/5.6 Hyper-Wide-Heliar and 12mm f/5.6 Ultra-Wide-Heliar III

Today Voigtländer announced two new lenses with VM mount: 10mm f/5.6 Hyper-Wide-Heliar (new model) 12mm f/5.6 Ultra-Wide-Heliar III (replacement for the previous model) Shipping of the new lenses will start in Spring of 2016. Here is the press text from Voigtländer:

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