Category Archives: Leica Lenses

Voigtlander HELIAR Vintage Line 50mm f/3.5 VM lens for Leica M mount announced

By LR admin | Published: September 16, 2016

Today Cosina announced a new Voigtlander HELIAR Vintage Line 50mm f/3.5 VM lens for Leica M mount. The price in Japan is ¥65,000 (around $630, US pricing not yet announced). Shipping will start in November 2016. Key lens features:

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Five new Leica SL lenses to be announced: four primes and one zoom

By LR admin | Published: September 15, 2016

I already reported that I expect Leica to announce several new SL lenses at the Photokina show this year. I am pretty sure one of the new lenses will be a Summilux SL 50mm f/1.4 ASPH that will be priced at €4,800 (around $5,400). Here is the list of other SL lenses that will be announced in the […]

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Voigtlander VM 12mm f/5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar Aspherical III lens delayed till November

By LR admin | Published: September 14, 2016

The shipping of the Voigtländer VM 12mm f/5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar Aspherical III lens for Leica M mount is being delayed. The new release date is November. US pricing is not yet announced, but the Voigtländer VM 10mm f/5.6 lens is priced at $1,099 and is currently in stock. Additional information on the Voigtländer 12mm f/5.6 lens can be found here.

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New Leica Summilux SL 50mm f/1.4 ASPH lens

By LR admin | Published: September 14, 2016

Leica will soon announce the new Leica Summilux SL 50mm f/1.4 ASPH lens for the SL mirrorless camera. The price and image quality of the new lens should be comparable to the Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH lens. Stay tuned for additional overage – the first wave of Leica announcements will start this Friday. Update: filter […]

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New Leica M 0.8 cinema lenses announced

By LR admin | Published: September 8, 2016

The previously rumored new line of Leica M cinema lenses are now officially announced by CW Sonderoptic. Here are the details:

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New line of Leica M cinema lenses to be announced this week?

By LR admin | Published: September 6, 2016

If you are following LeicaRumors, you probably remember my post from two months ago about Leica rumored to announce a new line of M cinema lenses. Well, the next issue of FDtimes has an interesting title in their upcoming issue called “Leica M 0.8 Primes“: Update: the 0.8 is the gear pitch of the M-Mount cine […]

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Leica APO Macro-Elmarit TL 60mm f/2.8 ASPH lens officially announced

By LR admin | Published: September 1, 2016

Pictures of the Leica APO-Macro-Elmarit-TL 60mm f/2.8 ASPH lens have been floating online since October last year. Today Leica officially announced the lens (this also explains the rumored TL firmware update I reported few days ago). The US price is $2,995 (UK price: £1,800 incl. VAT). Pre-orders are now open at: B&H | Leica Store Miami. […]

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