Monthly Archives: July 2020

Leica M10-R vs Leica M10 Monochrom high-ISO acuity and noise side-by-side comparison

Leica M10-R vs Leica M10 Monochrom high-ISO acuity and noise side-by-side comparison By Onasj (see previous articles by Onansj) I obtained a customer-release—not pre-release/beta—M10-R and compared it side-by-side with the M10 Monochrom (hereafter referred to as the M10-M) on a test scene at high ISO values.  The firmware version for both was the latest firmware currently available […]

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Topaz Labs Sharpen AI version 2.1.0 released (coupon code included)

Topaz Labs released a new version 2.1.0 of Sharpen AI with a new auto-detect masking tool that can detect 20 different types of subjects, including people, cars, planes, and various animals: “Sharpen AI takes some of the tedious work out of post-processing. With the new “Find Objects” feature in the masking tool, Sharpen AI will automatically detect […]

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Venus Optics announced six new Laowa lenses for L-mount

Venus Optics announced new L-mount versions on six of their existing Laowa lenses: Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D Laowa 15mm f/2 Zero-D Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2X Ultra-Macro Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO These L-mount lenses can currently be used on the Panasonic S1 series, Sigma FP, […]

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Leica M10 vs. Leica M10P vs. Leica M10M vs. Leica M10R specifications comparison

A quick specifications comparison between the Leica M10, Leica M10P, Leica M10M, and Leica M10R can be found here:

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Leica Talk: Leica M10-R

Leica published a new video interview with M-system product manager Jesko von Oeynhausen talking about the new Leica M10-R camera:

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How to calibrate the manual focusing of the TTartisan 50mm f/0.95 lens for Leica M-mount (video)

TTartisan sent me a video on how to calibrate the manual focusing of the TTartisan 50mm f/0.95 lens for Leica M-mount: The lens I got was slightly front focusing on short distances, but keep in mind that there is user error when manually focusing at f/0,95 (this is a 100% crop, focusing is on the […]

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New Vi Vante x LR gift set bundles for Leica lovers

LR has teamed up with Vi Vante to offer several different gift set bundles for Leica fans (click on photo for larger view): Vi Vante x LR Phoenix Gift Set (original: $384, set price: $195) Vi Vante x LR Ascari Nardo Gray Gift Set (original: $289, set price: $143) Vi Vante x LR Aqua Blue Gift Set […]

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New in the store: handmade wooden Leica M camera grips

A reader from Italy contacted me and asked me to list his handmade wooden Leica M camera grips in the online store. The grips are available in several different colors for most Leica M digital camera models: The price is $180 and includes free worldwide shipping. Please add the desired color and your Leica camera model […]

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