
GSMarena reports that the Leica camera setup inside the new Huawei P9 smartphone is made by the Chinese company Sunny Optical Technology:

The Russian camera and lens manufacturer Zenit is planning to start production on two new multi-coated lenses for rangefinder cameras (L39 / M mounts): Lomography-Zenit LZK 1948+ 1:2 f=5 cm (based on the old Jupiter-8 2/50) Lomography-Zenit Jupiter 9+ 2/85 (based on the old Jupiter 9 2/85) Source: Denis Gavrilov, via PhotoRumors

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:

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: