The new Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.2 Aspherical VM lens for Leica M-mount is now available for pre-order in the US: B&H Amazon (now in stock) PopFlash Adorama The lens doesn’t come with a lens hood – both the Voigtländer LH-8 and Voigtländer LH-10 lens hoods are compatible. Additional coverage of this lens can be found here.
New ExperimentalOptics 35mm f/2.7 full frame pancake lens for Leica M mount is now listed for funding on Kickstarter:
The US price of the new Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.2 Aspherical VM lens for Leica M-mount will be $899. Shipping in Japan will start on September 13th. Additional information on that lens can be found here. Update: Popflash is now also taking pre-orders.
Leica announced the previously rumored Elpro E52 close up lens set. The Leica Elpro set consists of two elements with multilayer antireflective coating that attach to a lens like a filter and reduce the minimum focusing distance when shooting. Adapters for 46mm and 49mm lenses are also included: “Excited to share that Leica Camera has […]
In the past few days I have been busy reporting on the upcoming Nikon full frame mirrorless camera. Here are some fresh Leica rumors: the previously rumored Leica Summilux-M 90mm f/1.5 Asph lens is expected to be released/shown at the 2018 Photokina show in September. Shipping is expected to start in Q1/2019. Several different designs were considered […]
A complete 3D photography solution for the modern Leica M is by Onasj: I became interested in developing a 3D photography (stereophotography) capturing and viewing solution for the modern Leica digital M—one that does not require special glasses or projectors, or crossing your eyes. This quest was ultimately successful, and I’ve been really impressed with the quality […]
I worked on that review a while back and for some reason I never published it online. The Leica Summarit-M 90mm f/2.5 lens has been discontinued for a while (replaced by the Leica Summarit-M 90mm f/2.4) and I no longer even own that lens (upgraded to the excellent and expensive 90mm Summicron-M). I will still publish […]
