Leica Camera is announced that Norwegian photographer Terje Abusdal won the coveted Leica Oskar Barnack Award for his project titled “Slash & Burn.” Sergey Melnitchenko, from the Ukraine, also earned the Newcomer Award, reserved for up-and-coming professional photographers age 25 or younger. By winning this prestigious competition, both Abusdal and Melnitchenko gain significant resources to […]
Leica Store Miami has a new series of Leica-themed T-shirts for sale:
There is a new Leica M10: The Expanded Guide book that you can pre-order today at Amazon: Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon Germany Amazon France Amazon Italy Amazon Spain Amazon Japan Amazon Canada Book’s description:
I already reported that Leica is expected to announce another camera by the end of the year. The new model will be made in Germany and was already registered with the Indonesian telecommunication agency under the code name 7323. Here is some additional information I received in the past few days:
Leica lenses have excellent image quality combined with a solid build. Zeiss and Voigtlander also produce some stellar optics. I have always been interested in other “cheap” third party options for the Leica M mount. Several manufacturers produce M mount lenses, but most are not rangefinder coupled (for example Meyer-Optik-Görlitz). Handevision was one of the first brands to […]
After Leica released a fix for the Visioflex issue, the new TL2 mirrorless camera is back in stock at B&H (silver version only).
Mr. Miyazaki has a new MS-Optics Historica Prot 40mm f/6.3 lens for Leica M-mount that is based on a historical lens design known as the Protaria lens formula. This lens has 4 elements in 2 groups and weights only 47 grams. The minimum focusing distance is 60cm. The price of the lens is around $700 […]
