Monthly Archives: April 2018

7Artisans 35mm f/2 lens for Leica M-mount reviews

By LR admin | Published: April 24, 2018

     The first reviews of the upcoming 7Artisans 35mm f/2 rangefinder coupled lens for Leica M-mount are already available online (I will be getting one shortly, so stay tuned for a more detailed coverage): Unboxing video (source: Weibo): More reviews:

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Leica M-D Typ 262 camera approaching end of life, no longer in production

By LR admin | Published: April 23, 2018

The Leica M-D Typ 262 camera is approaching end of life – I was told that this model is no longer in production. The camera is on back-order at B&H and Adorama (in stock on Amazon from third-party resellers). The Leica M-D Typ 262 model was announced in April 2016 and was the first serial production model of the digital M family […]

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More Zenit – Leica collaboration rumors: new Zenitar 35mm f/1 lens for Leica M-mount

By LR admin | Published: April 22, 2018

The Russian company Zenit has a new Zenitar 35mm f/1 lens for Leica M-mount listed in their catalog (pictured above). I already reported rumors about this lens last year. Here is what we know so far: Weight 740 grams Lens design: 9 lenses in 8 groups Filter size: 72 mm The information comes from the Russian […]

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Huawei P20 Pro guest post

By LR admin | Published: April 21, 2018

This Huawei P20 Pro guest post is by Richard Wong, a Leica shooter and also a multi-award winning wedding photographer based in Auckland, New Zealand (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube): I was recently invited to a product event by Huawei New Zealand which they launched their latest smartphone Huawei P20 / P20 Pro which has the world’s first triple […]

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Capture One 11.1 released with support for more Leica cameras and lenses

By LR admin | Published: April 19, 2018

Today Phase One released Capture One 11.1 ($299) with added support for more Leica cameras and lenses:

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Coming soon: new 7Artisans 35mm f/2 rangefinder coupled lens for Leica M-mount

By LR admin | Published: April 18, 2018

Some additional information and pictures of the upcoming 7Artisans 35mm f/2 rangefinder coupled lens for Leica M-mount:

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New Leica books

By LR admin | Published: April 18, 2018

A new book was recently released: Barnack’s first Leica – The second life of a forgotten historic camera. Amazon US already has the book in stock (still not available at Amazon UK, Amazon Germany and Amazon France). A review of the book can be found at LHSA:

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Leica price increase coming also to Japan

By LR admin | Published: April 17, 2018

In addition to the US price increase (previously reported here and here), Leica will also increase their prices in Japan – the new price list can be found here:

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