Leica USA now sells pre-owned cameras and lenses with a warranty certificate for up to 24 months

By LR admin | Published: May 31, 2022


Leica USA now sells pre-owned cameras and lenses with a warranty certificate for up to 24 months. Here are the details taken from the official Leica USA website:

Buy Pre-Owned

Quality without compromise
Before you hold one of our Leica Pre-Owned products in your hands, you can be sure it has gone through numerous checks. Selected Pre-Owned products receive in-depth inspections and come with a warranty certificate for up to 24 months. Leica Pre-Owned products, first-class quality guaranteed by Leica.

Sell Your Leica

Get ready for something new
Every Leica has its unique value, and serves as an investment in your legacy. When trading in your Leica product, we ensure you receive the best value towards a credit when you switch to new Leica equipment. Trade in your Leica Q when you buy a Leica Q2, upgrade your Leica SL (type 601) to an SL2 or SL2-S, and more.


Leica Camera USA currently points to two different websites for their pre-owned selection:

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Leica and Panasonic formed a new alliance called L² Technology (Leica x Lumix)

By LR admin | Published: May 31, 2022



Today Leica and Panasonic announced a new alliance called L² Technology (L squared Technology) which uses the two “L” of the Leica and Lumix brands:

“L2 Technology will unify the strengths of two brands, LEICA and LUMIX. It will be a symbol of the collaboration by combining the technologies and know-how of the two companies in the fields of new camera and lens products and next-generation software, and create technologies and solutions that deliver new value in the new era. Through this collaboration, both companies will be able to maximize the synergies by Leica’s optical and imaging technology and Panasonic’s video and digital technology that have been cultivated over many years and jointly explore new creativity and expressive power. We will develop innovative L2 Technology that will create a new imaging world.

Both Leica and Panasonic will jointly invest in new technologies that can be incorporated into camera and lens products, and will incorporate mutually developed technologies into each other’s LEICA and LUMIX products to further enhance their product capabilities. Going forward, each brand will utilize L2 Technology, which is designed to open up new possibilities for creative camera users, in their marketing activities in order to develop a collaborative system over the long term.”

Press release:

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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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