Today Venus Optics released a new Laowa 90mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO full-frame mirrorless lens for Leica L mount (previously rumored here). The lens is priced at $499 and can be ordered directly from Laowa’s website (other stores will start taking pre-orders in a few weeks). Additional information can be found here. Fotodiox will soon […]
The previously rumored Leica Europe price increase is now confirmed as several stores have already received the new price list. Here are a few examples: The Leica M11 camera is rumored to go up by €350 The Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH lens is rumored to go up by €350 The Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH […]
→ The Leica 75mm f/1.25 Noctilux-M lens is listed as “Closeout” at Adorama – maybe a typo? → Photonstophotos released their photographic dynamic range and other sensor measurements test data for the Zeiss ZX1 camera (compared with the Leica Q2 in the graph above). → LUMIX x LEICA collaboration event at Lumix Base Tokyo – […]
The 40th Leitz Photographica Auction is now over. The highlight of the auction, Oskar Barnack’s 0-Series Leica camera no. 105, sold for 14.4 million Euros (including buyer’s premium). The full catalog can be found here and the final auction results are available here. Here are a few more pictures from the auction by Thorsten Overgaard:
ON1 officially released Photo RAW version 2022.5 with support for the Leica M11. This is a major update that includes several new features and enhancements including the full integration of ON1 Resize AI into Photo RAW. Here are the key features in version 2022.5:
In addition to the Leica M-A “Titan”, there is another new Leica limited edition: gold-plated Leica M10-P “Royal Thai” with matching APO Summicron 50/2 ASPH and Summilux 35/1.4 ASPH lenses. Two different kits are available: Gold kit: gold-plated camera body with yellow crocodile leather, gold-plated Leica APO Summicron 50/2 ASPH, and Leica Summilux 35/1.4 ASPH […]
The previously rumored Leica M-A “Titan” limited edition film camera with a matching APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH lens is now officially announced: Solid titanium construction – 45% lighter but 25% harder than brass Vintage-inspired 50mm APO-Summicron-M f/2 ASPH lens, modeled after the very first 50mm Summicron-M released in 1956 Classic “Ernst Leitz Wetzlar” script engraving […]
