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The silver Leica TL2 camera is back in stock

By LR admin | Published: August 3, 2017

After Leica released a fix for the Visioflex issue, the new TL2 mirrorless camera is back in stock at B&H (silver version only).

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New MS-Optics Historica Prot 40mm f/6.3 lens for Leica M-mount

By LR admin | Published: August 2, 2017

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 […]

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The new Biotar 75mm f/1.5 lens will be available for Leica M mount (with rangefinder coupling)

By LR admin | Published: August 2, 2017

A few days ago I reported rumors about a new Biotar 75mm f/1.5 lens – I can now confirm that this lens will be released soon. The new lens will be available in Leica M mount and will have with rangefinder coupling. I will have more details next week, so stay tuned. Here is some […]

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Blackstone in talks to sell stake in Leica, Zeiss is “potentially interested”

By LR admin | Published: August 2, 2017

Reuters reports that Blackstone is in talks to sell their stake in Leica: The investor has teamed up with an investment bank to work out strategic options for the company and has already held talks with several potential acquirers, the people said, adding no official auction process was underway. “ACM has long-term goals with Leica Camera,” […]

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Top 10 LeicaRumors posts for July 2017

By LR admin | Published: August 1, 2017

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

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5 reasons to buy the old Leica T mirrorless camera

By LR admin | Published: August 1, 2017

The Leica T has already been replaced by the TL and TL2 models, but this also means that T prices have dropped. Right now you can find a used Leica T camera for as low as $600 – check the prices at B&H, Amazon, KEH and eBay. Here is the “5 reasons to buy the Leica […]

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Zeiss Biotar lens coming back to life?

By LR admin | Published: July 31, 2017

This rumor consists of two parts – the first part is coming from RetroCamera who recently reported that Zeiss will bring back to life the Biotar 1.5/75 lens: “When I was in Denmark, a photographer in Ribe told me that I had a very nice (and long) conversation, that Zeiss would like to move in this direction. […]

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