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Big price drop on the Leica SL Typ 601 mirrorless camera

The price of the Leica SL Typ 601 mirrorless camera dropped by $1,455 to $5,995. A similar price reduction is available also in Europe – for additional information, pricing and availability check one of our sponsors: US Worldwide B&H Adorama PopFlash Leica Store Miami Leica Store San Francisco Leica Boutique Palm Beach Tamarkin Classic Connection […]

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Top 10 LeicaRumors posts for June 2017

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

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Additional info on the cheap Chinese 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 lens for Leica M-mount

The cheap Chinese 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 lens for Leica M-mount triggered a lot of interest and I received several questions from readers. While I am trying to get a lens for review from the manufacturer, here is some additional information (the lens is currently in stock at Amazon and eBay):

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Leica Camera will not take part in the 2017 PhotoPlus Expo

Leica booth at PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2009

Leica Camera will not take part in the 2017 PhotoPlus Expo that takes place every year in New York City. This should not be a surprise since the relevance of those type of shows has been diminishing over the years. I expect more companies to start dropping out of major photo shows, especially since Photokina already announced that from […]

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Leica M10 firmware update 1.7.4.0 released

Leica released firmware update version 1.7.4.0 for the M10 camera with improvements of SD card compatibility:

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Leica TL2 camera and Noctilux-M 75mm f/1.25 ASPH lens to be announced soon

A quick update on the rumored new Noctilux-M 75mm f/1.25 ASPH lens and Leica TL2 camera – it seems that we are now getting closer to the official announcement because the product pages already exist on the official Leica website. See for yourself – if you go to: http://de.leica-camera.com/Fotografie/Leica-TL/Leica-TL2 http://de.leica-camera.com/Fotografie/Leica-M/M-Objektive/Noctilux-M-1-1,25-75-ASPH (redirects to Salzburg – probably the code name […]

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The new Leica TL2 mirrorless camera will be announced soon

The Japanese website Nokishita just confirmed what I already reported a week ago – the new Leica TL mirrorless camera will be announced soon: The name of the new camera will be Leica TL2 There will be two different colors: 18187 (silver anodized) and 18188 (black anodized) The new camera will use the current Leica BP-DC13 lithium-ion battery Stay tuned […]

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