Leica Historical Society of America will hold its 42nd Annual Meeting in Wetzlar, Germany from September 23-29, 2010. Apart from the LHSA Board meeting, members will also attend Photokina, tour the Leica Factory, visit Braunfels Castle and Village, go on the Moselle River Cruise, go on a Winery Tour and enjoy many more other activities […]
Those are the first pictures of the Leica-M lens adapter for E mount (Sony NEX) in action: For more products shots and some samples images taken with the Super Leica Elmar-M 18mm f/3.8 ASPH lens head over to DCwatch (in English). The M->E adapter will come in two different colors and the price will be ¥15,000 ($158) for […]
This post on rangefinderforum (quoting the Japanese magazine Asahi Camera, June 20th issue) indicated that Leica has stopped producing film M cameras back in 2009: “On 30th May, Leica Camera’s CEO said in his lecture at the Japan Camera Industry Institute that Leica has already stopped making film bodies. He also revealed the fact that they […]
An update on the ongoing Leica Gallery exhibitions across the world: Frankfurt: May 20, 2010 – June 29, 2010: Manfred Baumann “Photographie” Istanbul: June 10, 2010 – July 07, 2010: Sergen Şehitoğlu “Turning – before it came – Underground” New York: June 11, 2010 – August 07, 2010: The Marcus Family “Three Generations of New […]
This is a prototype of a L39 to E-mount adaptor (Sony NEX camera has APS-C size sensor). It is expected to be available in early July and it will be produced in Taiwan. No word yet on who the manufacturer will be. Rayqual already announced that it will produce Sony E mount adapter for Leica […]
The silver version of the Leica 28mm Summicro-M ASPH lens (#11661) is now discontinued. B&H and Amazon still has them in stock (Adorama is out of stock). If you had plans to buy this lens, now would be a good time to do so. FYI the 50mm Summicron-M silver version (#11816) was discontinued back in […]
This is the response a LUF member got from Leica when he sent his Leica M8 for repair: “Shutter fault in C-Mode this is a bug inside the firmware and should be gone with the next firmware update. New firmware is being tested now and as soon as we have the ok, it will be available […]
