The 42 Leitz Photographica Auction is coming to Wetzlar on June 9-10, 2023. The camera auction will offer some rare cameras, including the prototypes of the Leica CL and cameras used by legendary photographers: Leica M3 by John Bulmer and two Leicas by Walker Evans.
Here are some of the Leica highlights from the auction:
The award has long been considered one of the most important and highly endowed photography prizes in the world, and this year Leica Camera AG is granting it for the 43rd time. The jury, which has a new composition each year, has been selected; and the current LOBA year is now entering the decisive preparatory phase.
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:
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:
Here is a full list of all rumored/expected Leica products:
The Leica Q2 camera is currently $830 off at Amazon – listed 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:
→ 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.
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:
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:
