Two new lenses for Leica M mount launched on Kickstarter: Meyer-Optik Görlitz Trioplan f2.9/50 lens – unfortunately rangefinder coupling is not supported, focusing can be done in live view Lomography Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 Art lens – also no rangefinder coupling, only zone focusing Additional information:
The Leica 75mm f/2.5 Summarit-M lens is currently $755 off (price: $1,195, original: $1,950). Used version of the same lens is selling for $899.95. See all current discounts on Leica lenses here.
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:
#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:
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:
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):
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 […]
