A new Leica Store/Gallery is coming to the Boston Park Plaza (Boston, MA) in late 2016 – this was officially confirmed in this press release: “Additionally, in late 2016, Starbucks will open a signature 2,500 square-foot store, and Leica Camera will occupy over 3,000 square feet with a Leica Store and a Leica Gallery, both within […]
A new Leica camera model 8854 was recently (July 11th) registered at the Indonesian telecommunication agency. The camera has Wi-Fi and/or a GPS module and is “made in Germany” as the Leica SL, Q and T. The Indonesian telecommunication agency reports that the camera is currently being tested at their test centre (“Balai Uji” = […]
Prosophos.com published few sketches of the rumored M mount camera with CCD sensor: Please note that this information is coming directly from prosophos.com. As of today I have no information about the existence of such model unless this is the upcoming Hasselblad medium format camera (I seriously doubt that). Update on the new CCD-sensor M-mount camera from prosophos:
Update: this rumored new camera could be from Hasselblad. Take a look at this prosophos.com blog post – it talks about a new camera with “unique shape”, M-mount, CCD sensor with a resolution greater than 24MP and “uncompromised image quality”.
New Leica Store was recently opened in Geneva, Switzerland. Here is the address: Update: the official opening will be at the end of June.
Taos Photographic is now the official European distributor for the MS Optics lenses of Mr. Miyazaki. They are currently selling the MS Optics Apoqualia-G 35mm f/1.4 MC lens for €1,220 (also available for $1,299 on eBay). Here is a sample photo taken with that lens:
A new Leica Store Shanghai XinTianDi had a soft launch last week. The grand opening will be held on June 3rd, 2016. Update – here is a video of the grand opening:
