Category Archives: Leica Accessories

Kipon adapters for Leica M and SL mounts

By LR admin | Published: March 12, 2017

Kipon now has a full set of adapters for Leica M and SL mounts (picture above: Summilux cinema lens + IB/E S35-FF 8K expander + KIPON PL-SL + Leica SL camera):

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Leica announced new accessories from COOPH and Gitzo

By LR admin | Published: March 4, 2017

Leica Camera Announces New, Premium Accessories from COOPH and Gitzo Stylish, high-quality rope straps from COOPH and rugged tripods from Gitzo provide users luxury add-ons for their cameras and binoculars March 3, 2017 – Leica Camera presents new accessories for cameras and binoculars. The product portfolio now features Leica Rope Straps, a selection of stylish […]

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Using the Konica Minolta ACT-100 1.5x telephoto converter lens on the Leica Q camera

By LR admin | Published: February 27, 2017

An update on my last post on attaching additional third party lens converters to the Leica Q camera – another option described here is using this old Konica Minolta ACT-100 1.5x telephoto converter lens with a 49mm thread that fits perfectly on the Q and gives an effective 75mm when using the 50mm crop mode: 28mm*1.5 = […]

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Three new Really Right Stuff base plates for Leica M Typ 240 and Typ 246 now available

By LR admin | Published: February 10, 2017

The Really Right Stuff base plates for Leica M cameras were announced a while back but I don’t think I have covered them here on the blog: Really Right Stuff BM240 base plate for Leica M Typ 240 and Typ 246 Really Right Stuff BM240 L-Plate and grip set for Leica M Typ 240 and […]

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New ThumbsUp for Leica Q Titanium (EP-SQ2) and Leica M10 (EP-MX)

By LR admin | Published: February 4, 2017

Match Technical announced two new ThumbsUp models for the Leica Q Titanium and Leica M10 cameras: ThumbsUp EP-SQ2 Titan for the Leica Q Titanium gray camera: check pricing and availability at Popflash and Leica Store Miami. ThumbsUp EP-MX for Leica M10: check pricing and availability at Popflash. For the M10 model Leica created their own thumb support which has […]

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You can use the Ricoh GW-3 21mm wide-angle conversion lens on the Leica Q camera

By LR admin | Published: February 2, 2017

According to this Facebook post posted a few weeks ago, the Ricoh GW-3 21mm wide-angle conversion lens first perfectly on the Leica Q camera. Here are two sample photos:

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Alternative (silver) lens hood for the Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon T* ZM lens

By LR admin | Published: January 28, 2017

A month ago I purchased a silver Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon T* ZM lens for Leica M mount. The lens is big and heavy, with excellent image quality, but it does not come with a lens hood. Zeiss does offer a black-only lens hood for an additional $154. I have seen on social media that Thorsten […]

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