The MS-Optical ISM 50mm f/1.0 F.MC lens for Leica M-mount is now available in new colors: silver, metallic bronze, metallic green, wine red, and metallic blue. The price of the lens is $1,731 (pictures credit: Fotopia). Additional information: 51.5mm f/1.05 Lens type: 7 elements in 5 groups / Gauss type Coating: full multi-coating on all 10 surfaces Filter: […]
The previously rumored Voigtlander NOKTON 35mm f/1.2 Aspherical III VM lens for Leica M-mount is now officially announced. The US pricing is not yet available. Here are two additional pictures of the new lens from DC.Watch: Here are the translated specifications and additional information:
Voigtlander will soon announce a new NOKTON 35mm f/1.2 Aspherical III VM lens for Leica M-mount – a replacement for the current model VM II version. The new lens will be priced at ¥138,000 in Japan (around $1,250) and will start shipping in March 2020. Via Nokishita
Seventy years ago (February 10, 1950) Hugo Wehrenpfennig filed the patent for the Leica M-mount. The patent for the M-bayonet (“Bajonettvorrichtung für die lösbare Verbindung zweier Kamerateile”) was registered by Ernst Leitz GmbH at the German patent office on 10 February 1950 and published on 23 October 1952. Hugo Wehrenfennig was credited with the invention. The […]
Leica will soon announce three new limited-edition M lenses:
Here are three sample photos from the upcoming Laowa 9mm f/5.6 lens for Leica M-mount from Venus Optics taken with three different cameras (Leica M10-P, Leica SL2, and Nikon Z6):
The new Voigtlander Nokton 21mm f/1.4 Aspherical VM lens for Leica M-mount will be officially released on February 27. The suggested retail price in Japan excluding tax is ¥150,000 or around $1,300. The US price is not yet announced but the Sony version of this lens is priced at $1,099. Additional information 0n the new […]
