Leica Camera Group reported record financial results for the 2021/22 financial year. Compared to the previous year, sales increased by more than 16% to € 450 million. This was the best financial result in the company’s more than hundred-year history. Here is the original and translated press release:
The previously rumored Laowa 12-24mm f/5.6 full-frame zoom lens for Leica M-mount by Venus Optics is now officially announced. The Leica M version is priced at $699. Pre-orders are now open at the official online store (Laowa lenses are also sold at Adorama and B&H). Additional information – specs, MTF chart, sample photos (the press release can be found here):
The black Leica MP 0.72 rangefinder film camera is expected to be in stock at B&H Photo on June 2, 2027. The Leica MP has been very hard to find in the last few years and there were even some rumors that the model is no longer in production and will be discontinued soon. Adorama […]
Leica Camera is relocating its North American Headquarters to the Alfred Sanzari’s Glenpointe campus (Teaneck, New Jersey):
Xiaomi and Leica Camera present their first jointly developed products The Xiaomi 12S Series “co-engineered with Leica” was officially launched in China today. In particular, the camera of the flagship model, the Xiaomi 12S Ultra, sets a new standard in the area of smartphone photography. Wetzlar, 4 July 2022. In May of this year, Xiaomi, one of […]
Successful Leica campaign moves into the next chapter “The World Deserves Witnesses” – in 2021, Leica adopted this motto to launch a successful brand campaign, celebrating the art of photography as a witness to the world. With the likes of Joel Meyerowitz, Steve McCurry and Elliott Erwitt, the greats of photography bore testimony to our […]
The previously rumored Leica price increase in Europe is now official. Some Leica stores have already shared the new pricing – here is an example: the hard-to-find Leica MP camera is now €5,050 instead of €4.800 (a few more examples can be found here). Check the new European Leica prices at: AT: Leica Shop Vienna […]
