Lomography announced a new Jupiter3+ 1.5/50 lens for L39 and M mounts. Technical information: Focal Length: 50mm Aperture: f/1.5 – 1/22 Lens Mount: L39, includes Leica M- mount adapter M-mount Adapter Frame Line Triggering: 50mm frame line Rangefinder Coupling: Yes Minimum image circle: 44mm Field of view : 46 degrees Flange distance: 28.8mm (L39 mount) 27.8mm (M mount) […]
There is a new project on Kickstarter from ExperimentalOptics for a 42mm and 50mm f/0.75 lenses for Leica M cameras. Read all the details here: “The most challenging endeavour when making a new lens is, well, the lens, its optical construction. Experts on supercomputers can spend years calculating the perfect formulae, and the faster the […]
The rumors were true, Leica announced three new M lenses: Leica Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH Leica Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH Leica Elmarit-M 28mm f/2.8 ASPH Update – pre-order links: Summicron 28mm f/2 ASPH: B&H | Adorama | Leica Miami | PopFlash Summicron 35mm f/2 ASPH black: B&H | Adorama | Leica Miami | PopFlash Summicron 35mm f/2 ASPH silver: B&H | Adorama | […]
The three new Leica M lenses are now available for pre-order: Leica Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH: B&H | Adorama | Leica Miami Leica Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH (black): B&H | Adorama | Leica Miami Leica Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH (silver): B&H | Adorama | Leica Miami Leica Elmarit-M 28mm f/2.8 ASPH: B&H | Adorama | Leica Miami
Update: the three lenses are now officially announced. Rumors are floating online that Leica will announce three new lenses tomorrow:
It seems that every week we get a new type of Sony a7 lens adapter. There is now even a new adapter from Techart (prototype I believe) that will let you autofocus Leica M lenses on Sony a7 cameras. See the demo in this video:
MGR Production launched a new Leica Minilux to Leica M mount lens conversion adapter. With this adapter you can use the 40mm f/2.4 Summarit lens from the Minilux on any Leica M camera. This will be an interesting project if you can find a cheap Minilux camera on eBay. Photos of the conversion adapter (without lens):
