Category Archives: Leica Lenses

Leica price increase coming to Japan on May 10th

By LR admin | Published: April 13, 2016

While the US enjoys 12% off on almost all Leica products, a new price increase is coming to Japan on May 10th. Here is the list of impacted products and the new pricing:

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The Huawei P9 smartphone will come with Leica Summarit H 1:2.2/27 ASPH lens

By LR admin | Published: April 4, 2016

#Huawei #HuaweiP9 pic.twitter.com/MwaP4Hj7gE — Steve Hemmerstoffer (@stagueve) April 1, 2016 When the above picture of the upcoming Huawei P9 smartphone with a Leica lens system appeared on Twitter on April 1st, I thought it was just another joke. The picture is most likely real, here is another one:

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Leica Summilux SL 50mm f/1.4 ASPH lens and S/R adapters to be released next for the SL system

By LR admin | Published: March 31, 2016

After the 24-90mm f/2.8-4.0 and 90-280mm f/2.8-4, the next lens announcement for the Leica SL system will be a Leica Summilux SL 50mm f/1.4 ASPH lens (pictured above) and new S/R adapters:

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Leica APO Vario Elmarit SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 lens now shipping

By LR admin | Published: March 29, 2016

The new Leica APO Vari9 Elmarit SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 lens is now shipping and is currently in stock at Amazon and Popflash. Here is the first unboxing video (in Italian):

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Leica Summilux-TL 35mm f/1.4 ASPH lens officially announced

By LR admin | Published: March 22, 2016

Today Leica Camera officially announced the Summilux-TL 35mm f/1.4 ASPH lens which has been already shipping in limited quantities. The bad news is that the price went up (from €1,900 to €2,150). The price in the US also went up from $1,995 to $2,395. This is a big/strange price increase when almost every other Leica product […]

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Hands on preview: Leica APO Vario Elmarit SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 lens

By LR admin | Published: March 20, 2016

A reader sent me her hands on preview with few sample photos of the new Leica APO Vario Elmarit SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 lens ($6,395). Here is the related video:

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Leica APO Vario Elmarit SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 lens US price, pre-order options

By LR admin | Published: March 16, 2016

The US price of the new Leica APO Vario Elmarit SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 lens that was announce earlier today is $6,395. Pre-orders are now open at: B&H Adorama Amazon Leica Store Miami Leica Store San Francisco Leica Store PRA Perth Popflash Classicconnection Reddotcameras (UK) Lens main features: L Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format Aperture Range: f/2.8 to f/22 […]

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