The 40th Leitz Photographica Auction is now over. The highlight of the auction, Oskar Barnack’s 0-Series Leica camera no. 105, sold for 14.4 million Euros (including buyer’s premium). The full catalog can be found here and the final auction results are available here.
ON1 officially released Photo RAW version 2022.5 with support for the Leica M11. This is a major update that includes several new features and enhancements including the full integration of ON1 Resize AI into Photo RAW. Here are the key features in version 2022.5:
In addition to the Leica M-A “Titan”, there is another new Leica limited edition: gold-plated Leica M10-P “Royal Thai” with matching APO Summicron 50/2 ASPH and Summilux 35/1.4 ASPH lenses. Two different kits are available:
Gold kit: gold-plated camera body with yellow crocodile leather, gold-plated Leica APO Summicron 50/2 ASPH, and Leica Summilux 35/1.4 ASPH lenses (10 kits available).
Green kit: gold-plated camera body with green crocodile leather and a gold-plated Leica APO Summicron 50/2 ASPH lens (20 kits available).
Official pricing is not yet available, but the green kit is expected to be around $30k, while the yellow should be around $45k. All proceeds from the sales of that limited edition Leica camera will go to charitable royal projects.
Leica is rumored to announce a new M-A titanium limited edition film camera with a matching APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH lens. Only 250 pieces will be produced for worldwide distribution (probably all sold out already). The price will be around 20,000 euros/dollars. The official announcement is expected very soon – it could be as early as this week.