The previously rumored Sigma 50mm f/1.2 DG DN Art lens for Leica L mount is now officially announced and it is “the lightest in its class”:
Lens details and video:
→ Available at Leica Store Lisse: Platinum Leica M6 “Anton Bruckner”.
Get ready for capturing the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse:
→ New: Luminar for iPad complete guide.
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→ The new ON1 NoNoise AI 2024 is now available.
From Leica Store Maimi:
Trade or sell ANY brand camera equipment at Leica Store Miami
Join Leica Store Miami and KEH Camera for a special “Buy or Trade” event, held at Leica Store Miami’s retail showroom in Coral Gables, on April 4, 5 & 6. Experts from KEH will be on hand to evaluate and purchase ANY brand of photography equipment, as long as it is in clean, working condition.
If you decide to trade-in your equipment towards a purchase with Leica Store Miami, KEH will offer a 10% bonus on top of their purchase offer as a trade-in credit. This is a fantastic opportunity to trade in non-Leica (or Leica too!) equipment towards any in-stock items at Leica Store Miami, or simply sell it outright to KEH right in the store.
A reader (thanks @aljawad) sent me two photos demonstrating the dynamic range of the new 60MP sensor inside the Leica SL3 camera:
“I picked up my Leica SL3 from the Dubai Leica store last week, and for the past few days I used it with the Vario-Elmar 100-400mm for some bird photography (some of the results are on my IG @aljawad).
This evening I changed to the APO-ASPH 35mm Summicron lens and performed my usual low light test. First I set the ISO to 50 and the camera to aperture priority (at f/2) + auto white balance, and the camera set the shutter speed to 2 seconds. Next, I switched to the manual mode and underexposed the image by 5 stops to a shutter speed of 1/15 second. Using Lightroom the exposure of the underexposed image was boosted by a factor of +5.
Here are the images: the first one is the 2-sec exposure followed by the 1/15 second “dark” exposure and finally the boosted underexposed image. Other than the exposure boost and the DNG to JPEG export, no other manipulations were made.”
First test picture (normal exposure):
Second picture (underexposed):
The same underexposed picture from above edited in Lightroom (exposure +5):
From Reddotforum:
“60 Megapixel BSI CMOS Sensor: Headlining the changes, the Leica SL3 is now packing the same cutting-edge 60 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor we’ve seen on the M11 and Q3. With an ISO range of 50-100,000 and an amazing 15-stops of dynamic range, this chip delivers next-level image quality. Just like on the M11, expect a bump in low light performance along with the increased resolution. This is made possible by utilizing BSI technology.”
Here are a couple of details from the original two images images. In each of the following pairs the first crop is from the camera-exposed 2-second image, while the second crop is from the manual 5-stop underexposed image:
I received some additional information on the rumored Leica M11-D camera:
New: IDS foldable thumb grips (thumb rest) for Leica M10 + M11 cameras
Light Lens Lab 50mm f/1.2 ASPH “1966” lens for Leica M-mount now shipping
New Thypoch Eureka 50mm f/2 lens for Leica M-mount coming soon
New Thypoch Eureka 50mm f/2 lens for Leica M-mount coming soon
More pictures of the upcoming Thypoch Eureka 50mm f/2 lens for Leica M-mount
Now available: Light Lens Lab M-L mount adapter with close-focus Helicoid
