Monthly Archives: September 2018

Additional Photokina coverage of the new Zenit M camera

The new Zenit M camera will be in stores in Europe by the end of this year. The price will be around €5,500. You will only be able to buy the combo with the Zenitar 35mm f/1.0 lens. There is still no info on US pricing and availability. Here are some additional Zenit M pictures […]

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Additional Photokina coverage of the new Leica S3 medium format camera

Additional Photokina coverage of the new Leica S3 medium format camera (see leaked specifications here):

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Zeiss ZX1 vs. Leica Q vs. Leica M10 size comparisons

Zeiss ZX1 vs. Leica Q vs. Leica M10 and other comparisons:

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A large amount of Leica gear was stolen from Ffordes Photographic in Scotland (stolen serial numbers included)

I am just reposting this here as a reference – a large amount of Leica gear was stolen from Ffordes Photographic in Scotland:

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Two new Voigtländer lenses for Leica M-mount: Ultron 35mm f/2 and Color-Skopar 21mm f/3.5

Voigtländer had two prototype Leica M-mount lenses on display at Photokina: Voigtländer Ultron 35mm f/2 Aspherical VM lens: minimum focusing distance is 0.58m, filter size is 39mm, 10 diaphragm blades Voigtländer  Color-Skopar 21mm f/3.5 Aspherical VM lens: (ultra compact classic design): minimum focusing distance is 0.50m, filter size is 39mm, 10 diaphragm blades There is no additional information on those lenses […]

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Zenitar 21mm f/2.8 and Zenitar 50mm f/1.0 lenses for Leica M-mount to be released in the future

In addition to the Zenitar 35mm f/1.0 lens that will come in a kit with the Zenit M camera, Zenit is planning to release two more lenses for Leica M-mount in the future: ZENITAR 1.0/50 and ZENITAR 2.8/21 (a new Zenitar 50mm f/0.95 E-mount lens has been rumored for a while). Here are some prototype pictures of the ZENITAR […]

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PIXII camera update

A quick update to my last post about the PIXII camera (update – I had to remove the PDF file because of confidential information): Update: Pixii cameras are now available for sale at B&H Photo.

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Breaking: PIXII camera teaser

We have already seen the new Zenit-Leica camera and the Panasonic-Sigma-Leica alliance, and now there is another Leica-related surprise (not coming directly from Leica)… meet the new PIXII camera (or the teaser of the PIXII camera). Not much information is available, except that the PIXII is somehow related to Leica. The teaser says “Hey, there is still one camera playing with the dark…” […]

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