Category Archives: Leica SL

More Kipon lens adapters for Leica SL and M cameras announced

By LR admin | Published: September 5, 2016

In addition to the first models which I covered here on the blog a month ago, Kipon Baveyes announced few more lens adapters for Leica SL and Leica M cameras:

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Confession of a Leica M Shooter: a narrative of how a brief flirtation with the Sony A7rII convinced me to accept the Leica SL

By LR admin | Published: August 20, 2016

Confession of a Leica M Shooter: A Narrative of how a brief flirtation with the Sony A7rII convinced me to accept the Leica SL This article is by Horatio Tan (Website | Instagram | Facebook). It is written as a parody of a Leica M photographer’s conflicted journey to accepting and getting the Leica SL. Check out his other […]

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Leica APO Vario-Elmarit SL 90–280mm f/2.8–4 lens designed by Panasonic?

By LR admin | Published: August 17, 2016

Panasonic filed a patent in Japan for a 90-280mm f/2.8-4 full frame mirrorless lens. Coincidentally Leica has a identical APO Vario-Elmarit 90-280 mm f/2.8–4 lens for their SL full frame mirrorless camera. It is a known fact that Leica worked closely with Panasonic on the Q and SL cameras, but it is interesting to see that […]

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Techart Pro Leica M lens to Leica SL mount autofocus adaptor is being developed

By LR admin | Published: August 9, 2016

Techart Pro is rumored to develop a new autofocus adapter that will autofocus M lenses on the Leica SL camera body – this is according to the designer/developer of the Techart Pro LM-E (Leica M to Sony E) lens adaptor in this Xitek forum posts (translation from Chinese):

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New: Kipon medium format lens adapters for Leica SL and M cameras

By LR admin | Published: August 3, 2016

Kipon Baveyes announced the world’s first lens adapters that that let you use medium format Hasselblad V mount lenses on Leica SL and Leica M full frame cameras: Baveyes HB-Leica SL 0.7x Baveyes HB-Leica M(liveview) 0.7x Kipon adapters are sold on Amazon and eBay. Additional information:

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A year with the Leica SL

By LR admin | Published: July 31, 2016

“A year with the Leica SL” by Jonathan Slack (website, Facebook, see also the original Leica SL article here): Triumvirate. Leica SL with 24-90 Vario Elmarit SL Asph. Introduction On June 23rd 2015 a big box arrived at my door. It contained a prototype SL together with the 24-90 Vario Elmarit. There were no instructions and no clue […]

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Firmware update version 2.1 for Leica SL announced

By LR admin | Published: July 28, 2016

The previously rumored firmware update version 2.1 for the Leica SL camera is now officially announced. The new features are: Support for Leica Image Shuttle 3.4 (MAC) Support for Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® Tethered Plug-In 1.1.0 (MAC) Improved overall performance overall system stability improvements overall performance improvements Update: the Windows version of the new Image Shuttle […]

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Firmware update version 2.1 for Leica SL rumored to be released next week

By LR admin | Published: July 24, 2016

In addition to the upcoming Leica Q firmware update, Leica will also release a new firmware update version 2.1 for the SL mirrorless camera. The main changes are: tethered shooting and improved AF-C focusing plus several bug fixes. The firmware is expected to be released on Friday, July 29th.

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