Leica Rumors

The new TTartisan 35mm f/1.4 APS-C silver lens for Leica L-mount is now available

By LR admin | Published: November 10, 2021

The new TTartisan 35mm f/1.4 APS-C silver lens for L-mount is now available for sale at the TTartisan website (TTartisan has several APS-C lenses for Leica L-mount). Additional information on the lens:

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Panasonic will soon have a full line of five fast (f/1.8) prime Lumix S lenses for Leica L-mount (35mm f/1.8 announced, 18mm f/1.8 coming next)

By LR admin | Published: November 10, 2021

Yesterday Panasonic announced the previously rumored Lumix S 35mm f/1.8 lens for Leica L-mount:

Panasonic also announced that they are working on a new 18mm f/1.8 ultra-wide-angle lens for Leica L-mount:

Panasonic will soon have a full line of five fast (f/1.8) prime lenses for Leica L-mount – from B&H Photo:

“The new S 35mm f/1.8 joins Panasonic’s family of f/1.8 aperture primes including the 24mm, 50mm, and 85mm (with an 18mm f/1.8 arriving in the future).”

Here is the latest L-mount lens roadmap:

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Coming soon: new Voigtlander COLOR-SKOPAR Vintage Line 21mm f/3.5 Aspherical Type II VM lens for Leica M-mount

By LR admin | Published: November 10, 2021

Cosina is rumored to announce a new Voigtlander COLOR-SKOPAR Vintage Line 21mm F3.5 Aspherical Type II VM lens for Leica M-mount. The new lens will be available in black and silver and is expected to be released in December 2021 (via Nokishita). Version II will replace the current Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/3.5 Aspherical lens (now $100 off):

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The next Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction will take place this weekend (Saturday, November 13, 2021)

By LR admin | Published: November 9, 2021

The next Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction will take place this weekend (Saturday, November 13, 2021) in Chicago. Here are some of the Leica highlights:

The silver Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/1.2 ASPH lens pictured above was donated by Jeff Garlin to benefit the Chicago Food Depository.

Additional links for the upcoming Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction:

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The new Contax Zeiss Planar T* 45mm f/2 G lens conversion for Leica M-mount by Funleader is now available also in silver

By LR admin | Published: November 8, 2021

The new Contax Zeiss Planar T* 45mm f/2 G lens conversion for Leica M-mount by Funleader is now available also in silver. Currently, there are only 8 silver lenses left:

Sample photos from the lens can be found here:

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This exclusive Capture One 22 upgrade offer is ending today

By LR admin | Published: November 7, 2021

This exclusive Capture One 22 upgrade offer is ending ~~in 36 hours~~ today:

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There won’t be a better Capture One 22 offer in the future (confirmed by Capture One)

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