Category Archives: Leica Lenses

SLR Magic HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 M-mount lens prototype listed on eBay

By LR admin | Published: October 8, 2012

A prototype of the SLR Magic HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 M-mount lens is now listed on eBay. The current price after 19 bids is $1,550.00 with 14 hours left. The MSRP price of the lens is $4,288. Lens description from the eBay listing:

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Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH lens now in stcok

By LR admin | Published: September 29, 2012

The Leica APO Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH lens is currently in stock at Amazon (update: the lens is now sold out).

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Voigtländer 21mm f/1.8 Ultron lens announced

By LR admin | Published: September 17, 2012

Voigtländer announced a new 21mm f/1.8 Ultron lens for M mount. The price is 1150 EUR. Shipping is expected in early 2013. Features: 13 elements in 11 groups with aspherical lens Full metal barrel with high stiffness and durability Manual focus only but smoothly and perfectly focusing 10 aperture blades brings you a beautiful bokeh

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This is the MS Optical Sonnetar 50mm f/1.1 MC lens

By LR admin | Published: September 10, 2012
MS-Optical Sonnetar 50mm f1.1 MC lens

Some additional details on the new MS Optical Sonnetar 50mm f/1.1 MC lens for Leica M mount and is now accepting pre-orders at ¥65,000 (around $830): “It has a 2 layer multicoating on Tantalum glass. The German made iris is smooth with no click stops. It is a circular centre 14 blade iris, which should make […]

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MS Optical 50/1.13 lens coming soon

By LR admin | Published: September 9, 2012
Mr. Miyazaki MS Optical

After the MS Optical Perar Super Triplet 28mm f/4 and MS Super Triplet Perar 3.5/35 Mark II lenses, Japanexposures reports that Mr. Miyazaki’s next project will be a new MS Optical 50/1.13 lens:

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Camera Raw 7.2 release candidate now available with support for eight Leica lenses

By LR admin | Published: August 28, 2012

Adobe announced Camera Raw 7.2 release candidate with support for eight Leica S and M lenses: Lens Mount Lens Name Leica LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-M 50 mm f/2 ASPH. Leica LEICA APO MACRO SUMMARIT-S 120 mm f/2.5 (CS) Leica LEICA ELMARIT-S 30 mm f/2.8 ASPH. (CS) Leica LEICA SUMMARIT-S 35 mm f/2.5 ASPH. (CS) Leica LEICA SUMMARIT-S […]

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Leica event on September 17 in Cologne

By LR admin | Published: August 15, 2012

Leica has scheduled an exclusive event in Cologne on September 17th, 2012 (the day before the start of the Photokina 2012 show). The expectations are for a new Leica M10, S3, D-Lux 6, V-Lux 4 and maybe even a redesigned Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH and a new 28mm Summilux-M f/1.4.

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