Category Archives: Leica Lenses

New Leica M9-P limited edition to be announced soon

By LR admin | Published: February 13, 2012

In the next few weeks Leica should be announcing a new M9-P limited edition set in blue-grey colors with a silver Summicron 35mm ASPH lens. The previously rumored  Summicron-M 50mm ASPH lens is delayed and will probably be announced later in 2012.

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Two versions of the Leica Super Elmar-M 21mm f/3.4 ASPH lens

By LR admin | Published: February 12, 2012

This is the original Leica Super Elmar M 21mm f/3.4 ASPH lens (on the left) and the new redesigned version (on the right). The new version is about 1.8 1/8 oz (50 3.5 g.) heavier at 9.75 Oz (275 g).

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SLR Magic HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 M-mount lens price announced

By LR admin | Published: February 10, 2012

SLR Magic announced the pricing for their SLR Magic HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 lens (M mount): SLR Magic HyperPrime LM 50mm T0.95 (coupled): $4,288 SLR Magic HyperPrime CINE 50mm T0.95 (uncoupled): $2,988 This is $6,700 less than the price of a Leica Noctilux. Both lenses will start shipping in September 2012 after he Photokina show in Germany. In the US, SLR Magic lenses can be purchased […]

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Fuji X-Pro1 M-mount adapter on display at the CP+ show in Japan

By LR admin | Published: February 9, 2012

As previously reported, Fujifilm will introduce an X-Pro1 adapter for Leica M-mount lenses later this year. A prototype is currently on display at the CP+ show in Japan:

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MS-Optical Perar Super Triplet 28mm F/4 lens

By LR admin | Published: February 4, 2012

I have covered the MS Super Triplet Perar 3.5/35 Mark II lens on this blog in the past, but I was not aware that there is also a 28mm f/4 version: This lens has been produced after over a year of research by Miyazaki san, and he has learned a lot about how to overcome problems that he […]

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Leica Noctilux DOF scale

By LR admin | Published: January 10, 2012

The press image of the Leica Noctilux 50mm f/0.95 lens (on the left) that is also uploaded on Leica’s website has the incorrect DOF scale. If the lens is set to infinity, the f/16 mark should point at 5 meters and not 10 meters. As you can see from the table bellow, the DOF in this […]

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SLR Magic HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 lens with Leica M mount announced

By LR admin | Published: December 31, 2011

Since SLR Magic initially broke the news about their new HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 lens (M mount), they had to make some design changes to the final version before today’s official announcement: The lens is bigger than the initial prototype and it’s a true 50mm focal length. The f/0.95 is also a true aperture and not a theoretical f value Some […]

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