The new Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens is now available for pre-order at the Leica Store San Francisco. Leica is handling the ordering a little differently with this lens: 10% of the total cost of the lens is required in order to pre-order. The remaining sum will be charged once the lens is ready to […]
I have been reporting for a while about the new Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens and it seems that we are now getting very close to the official announcement – the lens is already listed or sale at an authorized European Leica dealer. The new version will be 2cm long, it will have 6-bit coding and […]
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 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.
Leica Noctilux: the ‘Light Giant’ turns 50 Fifty years ago, the first Leica Noctilux lens was unveiled at the 1966 Photokina exhibition in Germany, astonishing visitors and industry media with its revolutionary optical performance. In the 1960s, photography enjoyed enormous popularity around the world and demand for high-performance lenses rose dramatically, particularly among professional and […]
The first pictures of the new Voigtlander HELIAR Vintage Line 50mm f/3.5 VM lens for Leica M mount: and few pictures of the Voigtländer VM 10mm f/5.6 lens ($1,099) with the corresponding 10mm viewfinder:
Just two sample photos taken at Photokina with the new Leica Summilux-SL 50mm f1.4 ASPH lens by www.rangefinder.com.hk – you can see the typical “Leica rendering”:
