Leica Rumors

Leica SL3 camera announcement confirmed for March 7th

By LR admin | Published: February 24, 2024

The Leica SL3 camera announcement is confirmed for March 7th – as I already mentioned before, invitations for the different events have already been sent out:

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Upcoming Leica events at Tamarkin Camera Chicago

By LR admin | Published: February 24, 2024

Upcoming Leica events at Tamarkin Camera Chicago:

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New: IDS foldable thumb grips (thumb rest) for Leica M10 + M11 cameras

By LR admin | Published: February 22, 2024

IDS Works (Initial Design Studio) announced new foldable thumb grips (thumb rest) for Leica M10 + M11 cameras. Additional information and pictures:

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Four new lenses for Leica L-mount: 10mm f/2.8, 500mm f/5.6, 15mm f/1.4, 28-200mm f/4-7.1, and 28-200mm f/4-7.1

By LR admin | Published: February 21, 2024

Four new lenses for Leica L-mount were announced for the CP+ show:

Venus Optics Laowa 10mm f/2.8 Zero-D FF rectilinear: B&H | Venus Optics
Sigma 500mm f/5.6 DG DN OS Sports: B&H | Adorama | Erhardt | Calumet | WEX
Sigma 15mm f/1.4 DG DN Diagonal Fisheye Art: B&H | Adorama | Erhardt | Calumet | WEX
Panasonic Lumix S 28-200mm f/4-7.1 Macro OIS: B&H | Adorama| Foto Koch | WEX

Additional information on the new lenses:

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Leica Camera Group increased its sale revenues for the third time in succession

By LR admin | Published: February 20, 2024

The Leica Camera Group was able to increase its sales revenues in the past financial year 2022/2023 (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023) once again and achieved new record-breaking results (see previous financial reports here). Sales revenues rose to 485 million euros in comparison with the previous year’s figure (444 million euros) and, with a significant increase of 9 percent, achieved a new record high. This is the third record year in succession for the Leica Camera Group, and reflects the outstanding success of Leica products and a disproportionately high increase in the operating result. The international, premium manufacturer of cameras and sports optics products can therefore look back on a positive conclusion of the past financial year and forecasts promising future development.

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Just announced: Voigtlander APO-LANTHAR 50mm f/3.5 VM and COLOR-SKOPAR 50mm f/2.2 VM lenses for Leica M-mount

By LR admin | Published: February 20, 2024

Today Cosina announced two new lenses for Leica M-mount:

Voigtlander APO-LANTHAR 50mm f/3.5 VM
Voigtlander COLOR-SKOPAR 50mm f/2.2 VM

Pre-orders should open soon at Amazon and B&H Photo.

Additional information:

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The Leica T internal memory storage is just a micro SD card and it can be easily upgraded

By LR admin | Published: February 19, 2024

The Leica T camera’s internal/built-in memory storage is just a regular micro SD memory card that can easily be replaced/upgraded if you take off the plastic cover on the side where you put the external SD memory card. Here are some pictures sent in by @depotmsa – he successfully replaced the internal 16 GB card with a new 128 GB micro SD class 10 memory card that now has much faster read/write speeds (I wonder how many other Leica cameras are designed that way):