Today Panasonic officially announced their Lumix S mirrorless system with Leica L-mount as a part of the new L-Mount Alliance: Press release: Lumix S1 | Lumix S1R | S lenses Panasonic LUMIX PRO service launched Lumis S official website Sample photos Lumix S cameras pre-order links: Adorama | B&H | Park Cameras | WEX Lumix S lenses pre-order links: Adorama | B&H | Park Cameras | WEX Panasonic DMW-BGS1 battery grip: Adorama | B&H Via PhotoRumors
Leica announced a new firmware update version 3.1 for the Leica Q and Q-P cameras that fixes issues related to the Leica Fotos app:
Tonight Panasonic will officially announce their new mirrorless cameras and lenses with Leica L-mount. The new Panasonic S cameras are actually bigger and heavier than the Leica SL. The prices are also significantly higher when compared to other Japanese manufacturers ($3,000 for a 50mm f/1.4 lens, FYI the Leica SL 50mm f/1.4 is $5,295, the […]
The previously rumored Leica M10-P Safari limited edition camera set is now officially announced. The Leica M10-P Edition “Safari” contains the same performance and technical capabilities of the standard Leica M10-P, with its quiet mechanical shutter. The matching Leica Summicron-M 50 mm f/2 Edition “Safari” will be offered separately from the camera, and is the first […]
Alexander Hude hacked/reversed engineered the Leica M8, M9 and M240 cameras firmware and made a very detailed post about his finding. Here is a recap:
After the Leica D-Lux 7 camera announcement, here is an updated list of the remaining rumored/expected Leica cameras and lenses (see the previous lists here):
Voigtländer announced the US pricing of the new 21mm f/3.5 and 35mm f/2 Aspherical VM Vintage Line lenses – both lenses are $799. Pre-orders are now open at and Amazon even has the lenses already on stock. Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/3.5 Aspherical lens: Adorama B&H Amazon (now in stock) PopFlash Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/2 Aspherical lens: […]
