Monthly Archives: October 2016

The new Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens now available for pre-order in the US (deposit required)

The new Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens is now available for pre-order at the Leica Store San Francisco. Leica is handling the ordering a little differently with this lens: 10% of the total cost of the lens is required in order to pre-order. The remaining sum will be charged once the lens is ready to […]

Posted in Leica Lenses| Tagged | 2 Comments

New wave of rumors about the next Leica M camera emerge

There is a new wave of rumors about the upcoming Leica M digital rangefinder, here is the recap:

Posted in Leica M, Leica M10| Tagged , | 31 Comments

This is the new Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens

I have been reporting for a while about the new Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens and it seems that we are now getting very close to the official announcement – the lens is already listed or sale at an authorized European Leica dealer. The new version will be 2cm long, it will have 6-bit coding and […]

Posted in Leica Lenses| Tagged | 39 Comments

Leica Store/Gallery/Akademie Istanbul

The pictures of the Leica M Ara Güler limited edition set I posted online few days ago were taken in the brand new Leica Store/Gallery/Akademie location in Istanbul that was just opened on October 5th, 2016. The new Leica location is 1100 m2 and is arguably the biggest Leica store in the world. For Turkey, Leica Camera is in partnership with […]

Posted in Leica Press Releases| Tagged , | 1 Comment

Leica highlights from the upcoming Westlicht anniversary camera auctions (November 2016)

Here are some of the Leica highlights from the upcoming WestLicht Anniversary Auction that will take place on November 19th, 2016 in Vienna:

Posted in Leica Auction Madness| Tagged | 1 Comment

Another limited edition Leica M set to be announced in the next few weeks (update: Ara Güler)

A reader sent me this picture of a new special/limited edition Leica M camera that will probably be announced in the next few weeks. I have no other details for this set. Can someone recognize the logo on the top plate? Update: the top plate has the signature of Ara Güler – an Armenian-Turkish photojournalist […]

Posted in Leica M, Leica Photographers| Tagged , | 9 Comments

Leica Galleries around the world (video)

Posted in Other Leica Stuff| Tagged , | 1 Comment