Some fresh rumors about the new Leica products that are expected to be announced on May 10th: The new Leica X2 camera will have a 18MP sensor. The new 50mm f/2 Summicron-M lens will cost $1000 more than its predecessor (the price tag will be around $3,300.00). The new Leica Monochrome M rangefinder will be all […]
In addition to the Monochrome M body, I also think that Leica will announce a new X2 compact camera and maybe even one new M lens (probably 50mm Summicron). The silver Leica X1 is already discontinued and not even in stock at B&H, Adorama and Dale. The X2 will not be an interchangeable lens camera – Leica will announce it’s mirrorless solution during […]
Those are all the possible scenarios for the Leia announcement on May 10th:
This Leica Camera price list has the black and silver X1 camera models listed as “ausverkauft” or “sold out”. The Leica X1 was announced together with the M9 back in September of 2009 and is supposed to be refreshed at some point this year (maybe on May 10th?). Even after the Fuji X100 and X-Pro1 […]
I received this tip several weeks ago, but did not publish it online because I really couldn’t believe it until today when Leica sent out invitations for their next announcement. The new Leica M camera is rumored to have a black and white only sensor and no LCD display. The sensor will not be produced by Kodak. Apparently the staff in […]
There are many good Fuji X100 reviews online. In this post I will concentrate on the Fuji X100 vs. Leica X1 cameras comparison. Unfortunately, I could not publish this online earlier because I just got my Fuji X100 last week. You can click on most of the images for larger view. General I have already compared the […]
On Tuesday Leica Store Mayfair announced two digiscoping adaptors for Leica X1 and D-Lux 5 cameras. Those are not really new products (see this post from October, 2010) but I guess Leica is now starting to ship them:
Two days ago Leica released new firmware for their X1 camera. The new firmware mainly contains improvements in the AF/MF functionality – for example the depth of field scale is displayed when in manual focusing mode:
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