Adorama used department currently has one used (open box) Leica M11 silver chrome camera in stock for $8,995. The regular price of the camera is also $8,995 – they did not provide a discount since the M11 is hard to find. More used Leica items can be found here.
Leica M11 pre-order links:
Do you remember the Leica M11 launch video that potentially identified several upcoming Leica cameras? It seems that there is another possible easter egg in this particular video (or maybe just another regular prototype?): the scene with Mike Shipard also showed what looks like a Leica S mirrorless medium format camera mock-up placed on the table together with other prototypes. This is at the 2:08 mark of the video, just after he walks off-screen, the third camera back – what do you think:
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A small auction house in Southern Sweden has listed six different Swedish military Leica cameras for their upcoming auction on May 7th at 8:30 CEST. Five of the cameras are coming with a black Elmar 3.5/5cm lens. One of the Leicas IIIf cameras (No.822901) is the first camera in the batch 822901–823000 for the Swedish army (1956):
DxOMark published their test results for the Leica M11 sensor which scored 100 points and is one of the top 5 sensors currently available on the market today:
Comparison with a few other cameras:
New Leica Summilux M lenses have been rumored for a while. I recently received a tip indicating that new 35mm and 50mm Summilux M lenses are going to be announced later this year.
I have been reporting for a while that Leica will slowly start upgrading their M lenses to be a better fit for future high megapixel cameras. While most current M lenses are probably going to be ok when used with the latest 60MP Leica M11 camera, you have to consider that the MP count will only go up in the future.
