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More Leica rumors: 35mm f/1 or f/0.95 lens and limited edition Andy Summers camera

Two more Leica rumors: There could be a new 35mm f/1 or f/0.95 M-mount lens. I am not sure if this will be under the Noctilux brand as I already reported a few months ago or it will be one of the new lenses from the rumored Leica-Zenit joint venture. There are also rumors about a new Andy […]

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Leica TL2 now in stock in the US

The Leica TL2 mirrorless camera is currently in stock in the US at Adorama, Amazon, Leica Store Miami and PopFlash. Like the new Leica TL2 Facebook page for a detailed coverage of the TL2.

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Updated list of upcoming/rumored Leica cameras and lenses

Here is an updated list of upcoming/rumored Leica cameras and lenses: Leica camera with L-mount and EVF Leica Noctilux-M 75mm f/1.25 ASPH lens Leica is also expected to release their APO-Summicron-SL 75mm f/2 ASPH lens Leica Thambar-M 90mm f/2.2 lens New Zenit-Leica camera New LHSA special edition camera or lens – it could also be one […]

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Rumors: the new Zenit D1 mirrorless full-frame digital camera could be a limited edition based on the Leica M9, new Zenitar lenses for Leica M-mount

Fake Russian Leica M camera

Another very interesting report from ZenitCamera.com (see also previous related posts) – the new Zenit D1 mirrorless full-frame digital camera could be a limited edition version based on the Leica M9. The Zenit D1 could launch with several new Zenitar lenses for Leica M-mount. My understanding is that another Zenit D11 model will also be released, […]

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Top 10 LeicaRumors posts for September 2017

         These are the top 10 most visited LeicaRumors posts for September 2017:

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Leica executives visited the Russian KMZ plant where the new Zenit full-frame mirrorless digital camera will be produced

On October 12th, 2016 Leica executives, including Andreas Kaufmann (majority shareholder and chairman of the supervisory board of Leica) and Markus Limberger (COO, member of the management board) visited the KMZ plant in Russia following some conversations during the last Photokina show (KMZ = Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant where the new Zenit camera will be produced). According to Patriot, […]

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Confirmed: Leica to announce also a new THAMBAR-M 90mm f/2.2 lens

A few weeks ago I received a tip about a new Leica THAMBAR-M 90mm f/2.2 lens but I did not report it on the blog because it came from a new source and I wanted to get at least one more confirmation before publishing online. I usually never report on “unconfirmed” rumors coming from unknown […]

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