Miyazaki San has created a new MS Optics Apoqualia-G 28mm f/2 lens for Leica M mount – it is designed, manufactured and hand-assembled in Japan by Mr. Sadayasu Miyazaki. The price is ¥100,000 (around $970). Lens specifications and additional pictures:
The Novoflex Canon EOS EF lens to Leica SL (Typ 601) AF adapter (released in May 2016) is reviewed by David Taylor Hughes (Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram): Novoflex, a German photo and film accessory company have come up with a Canon EOS EF lens to Leica SL (Typ 601) adapter that enables autofocus. Since I have an SL […]
Some additional information on the upcoming Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction that will take place on Saturday, November 12 in New Haven, Connecticut: Included in this auction on November 12th is a P. Angenieux 50mm f1,5 lens, a Nikon 35mm Stereo-Nikkor lens, Leica IIIc Luftwaffen-Eigentum camera set, Leica KE-7A set, Nikon Reflex-Nikkor 2000mm mirror lens, Gowlandflex Glamour […]
In case you missed the interview I posted earlier today, it seems that for now Leica will “skip” the X Vario product line:
Enche Tjin sent me his interesting Photokina interview with Dr. Kauffman and Stefan Schulz from Leica:
Alberto Korda’s Leica sold for $20,340 at Catawiki. It is “likely” that Alberto Korda used that camera to capture the famous portrait of Che Guevara in 1960 – the photo was cited by the Maryland Institute College of Art as “the most famous photograph in the world“. From the auction description:
The unique prototype of a Leica APO-Telyt-R 5/600mm lens is currently offered on eBay for EUR 140,000 (USD 157,000). Interestingly, the same lens was listed on eBay back in February 2015 for EUR 200,000 (USD 230,000). The lens features a catadioptric design, a good description/review of the Leica APO-Telyt-R 5/600mm lens can be found at apotelyt.com.
