→ Check out the Konica Hexagon 17mm f/16 lenses for Leica M mount listed for sale on eBay.
→ On September 2nd Panasonic will soon announce a new Lumix S5 mirrorless camera with L-mount. The full S5 specifications can be found here.
→ Leica celebrates history’s most iconic photos by not showing them at all.
→ Nominees For The 40th Leica Oskar Barnack Award announced.
→ He sold this Leica for college money, it returned on his 30th birthday.
“On May 6, 1937 a German flagship Zeppelin Hindenburg was about to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey when it suddenly ignited and exploded taking 36 lives in a process. Pretty much everything that was onboard of the airship was incinerated with the exception of a few artifacts including this one below. The camera used to belong to Fritz Deeg, the steward on the Hindenburg who amazingly was not harmed in the explosion and later recovered the remains of his camera at the crash site. Now it lives in a vault of the Leica Museum and is being handled with the utmost care, white gloves only. “
→ The new TTartisan 35mm f/1.4 “24K Gold Skin” limited edition lens for Leica M-mount is already selling for a premium on eBay ($1,500). I still have 2 lenses left and ready to ship with free worldwide shipping.