→ Amazon currently has one black Leica M 240 camera in stock. → A rare 1932 gold-plated Leica Luxus II camera failed to set a new record at a recent Hong Kong auction and sold for “only” $620,000. → New Leica store opened in Moscow. → The 2014 Leica calendar is now available.
Leica Camera AG bought Sinar Photography AG – a manufacturer of view cameras:
The Leica M custom made camera by Jony Ive and Marc Newson for (RED) sold for $1,805,000 at Sotheby’s charity auction in New York (hammer price with buyer’s premium). The camera was initially expected to reach $500,000 to $750,000. The (RED) auction at Sotheby’s raised a total of $26.2 million to fight AIDS in Africa.
Here is a list of the Leica M and S lenses that will get a price increase on January 1st, 2014: Lens Old price New price Tri-Elmar M 16-18-21 / f 4.0 ASPH $5,350 $5,450 18mm / f3.8 ASPH $3,195 $3,250 21mm / f1.4 ASPH $7,250 $7,650 24mm / f1.4 ASPH $7,250 $7,550 24mm / […]
Update: here is the list of lenses that will be impacted by this price increase. Leica will have another price increase on January 1st, 2014 on selected M lenses. I will soon have the list of products that will be impacted. The good news is that almost all of the Leica M lenses are now […]
The Leica T (701) will be a new camera without a rangefinder. I am not sure if the Leica T will be an interchangeable lens camera (most likely) or it will have a fixed lens like the Sony RX1. The official announcement should be in the next few months. I am pretty sure that it will not have […]
The New York Times reports that the one-of-a-kind Leica M 240 designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson could reach an estimated $500,000 to $750,000 during the (RED) charity auction on November 23; “According to a Leica spokesman, the Leica M (RED) camera took two years to design and build and is the only camera ever designed by Mr. […]
