Rumors: more than one Leica announcement expected in April


Leica is rumored to have as many as three separate new product announcements this month (April 2023). We may see the long-rumored Leica Super-APO-Summicron-SL 21mm f/2 ASPH lens as early as this week (Thursday or Friday – not sure):

The Leica Super-APO-Summicron-SL 21mm f/2 ASPH lens is already showing up online

As I already reported, on or around April 14th, judging by the leaked teaser, we will probably get a new Leica M11 Monochrom:

Confirmed: new Leica camera(s) coming next week

There should be another Leica announcement, probably towards the end of April (on or around April 20th maybe or later). I am not sure yet what will be announced. There are rumors for a new/updated Leica Summilux-M 50 f/1.4 ASPH lens or another new M lens:

New Leica 35mm and 50mm Summilux M lenses rumored to be announced later this year

New Leica 35mm and 50mm Summilux M lenses rumored to be announced later this year

The Leica Q3 has already been rumored for May/June:

Updated Leica Q3 camera rumored specifications

Here is a full list of all rumored/expected Leica products:

What’s next for Leica? (rumors recap)

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Leica Q2 camera fire sale: currently $830 off


The Leica Q2 camera is currently $830 off at Amazonlisted for 4,965.38 compared to the regular price of $5,795. The listing is sold and shipped by Amazon directly:


I am not surprised to see this deal, since we are getting closer to the Leica Q3 official announcement:

Updated Leica Q3 camera rumored specifications

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Leica digest #115


→ Leica Stories: In Conversation with Justin Bell.


→ Nitecore recently announced a new BB Mini rechargeable air duster for digital cameras: Amazon | eBay Additional information is available here.


→ Leica Summilux M35mm f/1.4 ASPH.11726/11727 lens review.


Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.5 Aspherical II lens review and sample photos by Alik Griffin.


→ 7artisans started a new Easter Sale where you can get up to 20% off lenses. This offer is valid from March 27th – April 11th.


→ Support for all Epson cameras (including their digital rangefinder camera with M-mount) will end on March 31, 2024.


Adobe introduced a new AI image generator called Adobe Firefly (still in beta – join here). Firefly is just another text-to-image generator that of course was not trained on your own pictures.


An update on the Skyllaney 50mm f/2 Bertele lens.

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Confirmed: new Leica camera(s) coming next week

I initially reported that Leica will announce new camera(s) on April 14th. The actual date could be ±1 day depending on your time zone. This teaser for example is for April 15th:

The above teaser seems to be for a black and white camera (Leica M11M?), but it could also be for an upcoming photo exhibition. I expect the Leica Q3 to be announced soon:

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Sigma announced three new lenses for L-mount: 17mm f/4, 50mm f/2, 23mm f/1.4 DC DN C


The previously rumored Sigmal 17mm f/4, 50mm f/2, and 23mm f/1.4 DC DN C APS-C lenses for Leica L-mount are now officially announced:

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What is L² Technology?


It seems that there is still confusion between the L Mount and the L² Technology alliance, so Panasonic published a new video trying to explain what L² Technology is:

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