Category Archives: Leica Lenses

Leica M9-P and Super Elmar M 21mm f/3.4 ASPH lens announcement in few hours

By LR admin | Published: June 21, 2011

In few hours, at 5:00pm Paris time, the Leica Camera and Magnum Photos event “Past. Present. Future.” will start where the new M9-P camera plus Leica Super Elmar M 21mm f/3.4 ASPH lens will be unveiled. I will be posting updates from the announcement as I get them on Twitter (hashtag #leicamagnumparis).

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The new Leica 21mm M ASPH lens will probably be f/3.4

By LR admin | Published: June 18, 2011

A quick update on the new Leica 21mm M ASPH lens that will be announced next week with the M9-P: the aperture will probably be f/3.4 and not f/3.8 as previously reported.

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New Leica branded DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 ASPH lens for Micro Four Thirds

By LR admin | Published: June 13, 2011

Today Panasonic announced a new Leica branded DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 ASPH lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. The lens will cost $1099 and will be available on June 17, 2011. Some sample images are available here. Panasonic also disclosed plans to release a professional level GF camera.

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“From Past, Present to Future” Leica + Magnum event in Paris on June 21st

By LR admin | Published: May 26, 2011

The upcoming Leica M9-P camera will be announced on June 21st, 2011 (+/- 1 day based on your location). Leica Camera and Magnum Photos announced a technological and photographic collaboration earlier this year. See also the related video “Leica & Magnum: Past Present Future“.

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New MS Super Triplet Perar 3.5/35 Mark II lens announced

By LR admin | Published: May 25, 2011

Japanexposures announced a new version of the smallest M-mount lens available today: the MS Super Triplet Perar 3.5/35 Mark II. The previous version sold out several months ago. The new lens has some minor changes: Native Leica M mount, not LTM with adapter More robust, thicker focussing lever Minor changes of markings on barrel, aperture […]

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Leica M9-P to be announced on Jun 21, 2011?

By LR admin | Published: May 15, 2011

Update: you can see full resolution crops of the new Leica M9-P here. According to this post from Valentin Sama, Leica Camera will have a new product announcement on June 21st, 2011. Expected is a new Leica M9-P rangefinder camera, a new 21mm ASPH f/3.8 lens and the M8/M9 firmware update. This may not be the complete list of […]

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The next issue of LFI magazine will have details on new Leica products

By LR admin | Published: May 11, 2011

According to this forum thread, the German version of latest LFI magazine mentioned in the preview section that the next issue, scheduled to be released in the 3rd week of June, will have some details on “new and updated versions” of some Leica products.

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