Leica Rumors

Confirmed: new Leica Q3 is coming but not soon (not this year 2022)

By LR admin | Published: May 29, 2022

In a recent interview, Stefan Daniel confirmed previous rumors that a new Leica Q3 camera is indeed coming, but not anytime soon (not this year – 2022) – watch the video at the 4:50 mark:

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Memorial Day offers

By LR admin | Published: May 28, 2022

Memorial Day Sale at Adorama:

Memorial Day specials at B&H:

KEH is having a weekend sale where you can get up to 20% off on overstock gear with coupon code OS20A (ends 05/31/2022):

Alphagvrd camera and lens skins sale: 15% off all products with coupon code MD2022:

Adobe Creative Cloud is on sale through May 30 in North America (up to 25% off on all apps):

The Topas Labs Gigapixel AI sale is set to expire next week (use code RUMORS15 on any Topaz Labs product for an extra 15% off):

Via PhotoRumors

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Leica digest #94

By LR admin | Published: May 27, 2022

→ Another sensor glass replacement on the Leica M9 at Reddit.

→ The previously reported Leica rewind lever from PPP Cameras is now available in Rhodium coated brass (appears as chrome).

→ Interesting – Nikka camera: “This is Nikka IIIL. This is the camera known as the final machine of the Nikka Camera, which roots the Nippon Camera. Unique design but comes with high specs, such as the one-lens Parallax auto-correct finder. This camera is firstly beautiful in appearance and each part works fine. The finder is clear as well. 9B beautiful item 58,000 yen.” (source)

→ The latest Leica related videos:

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Voigtlander NOKTON 50mm f/1 Aspherical VM lens review: “Leica Noctilux one-upped?”

By LR admin | Published: May 26, 2022

Ashwin Rao has started a new Youtube channel where he publishes “Reviews from The World of Leica“. I did mention his first review a few weeks ago and he just released a new “Leica Noctilux one-upped? A First Look at the Voïgtlander Nokton 50mm f/1 Aspherical” video (the lens is currently in stock at B&H Photo):

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New firmware updates released: Leica M11 v1.4.0.0, Leica SL2 v4.1, Leica SL2-S v3.1

By LR admin | Published: May 25, 2022

Today Leica released new firmware updates for the Leica M11, Leica SL2, and Leica SL2-S cameras:

Update – see this RedDotForum post for more info (see also this post):

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Rumors: new Leica price increase coming in Europe

By LR admin | Published: May 24, 2022

Leica is rumored to introduce a new price increase in Europe on July 1st. Most products will be impacted – for example, the new Leica M11 camera is rumored to go up by €350. Other countries outside Europe could also see a price increase.

Just a reminder that Leica had price increases in the US in March this year and in October last year. In May price increases followed also in the UK and in Japan:

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Leica announced a new long-term global strategic partnership in mobile imaging with Xiaomi

By LR admin | Published: May 23, 2022

The rumors I reported last year are now confirmed: Leica and Huawei are no longer working together (the last Leica/Huawei phone was released last year). Today Leica announced a new long-term global strategic partnership in mobile imaging with Xiaomi (previously rumored here) and their first smartphone is expected in July.