Leica Rumors

Leica S3 promo extended in the US

By LR admin | Published: October 22, 2020

The Leica S3 trade-up promotion in the US was extended until January 31, 2021 – here are the details:

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Rayqual released five new L-mount adapters

By LR admin | Published: October 22, 2020

Rayqual announced five new L-mount adapters:

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DxO PhotoLab 4 announced with a 30% off promo offer

By LR admin | Published: October 21, 2020

Today DxO announced PhotoLab 4 – a major update of their photo-editing software. Here are some of the new features:

DxO DeepPrime: a revolutionary demosaicing and denoising technology based on artificial intelligence and trained with deep learning.
DxO Smart Workspace: a new dynamic interface with a simpler workflow with batch renaming.
DxO Advanced History: a new and exclusive editing history tool to scroll back to different moments in the editing process.
Selective Copy Paste: to synchronize the settings of several similar images by applying individual edits from one photo to another.
Instant Watermarking: to add watermarks directly to your photos.

During the launch, DxO has a special promo offer – 30% off on new purchases and upgrades (until November 19):

DxO PhotoLab 4 ESSENTIAL Edition: $99.99 instead of $129
DxO PhotoLab 4 ELITE Edition: $149.99 instead of $199

The full press release is available here.

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New Leica Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH “Reporter” limited-edition lens also coming

By LR admin | Published: October 20, 2020

Together with the already leaked Leica M10-P “Reporter” limited-edition camera, there will be also a new Leica Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH “Reporter” limited-edition lens with an integrated lens hood just like the Safari edition lens pictured above. Both the Leica M10-P “Reporter” camera and Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH “Reporter” lens will be limited to 450 pieces worldwide.

The leaked picture of the Leica M10-P “Reporter” kit includes a 35mm Summicron lens – not sure if this will be part of the kit or it will be sold separately:

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Leica Q2 Monochrom confirmed, new Leica SL2-S camera coming too

By LR admin | Published: October 20, 2020

Today Nokishita confirmed the previously rumored Leica Q2 Monochrom camera and reported that Leica will announce also a new Leica SL2-S camera. There is a new Leica camera registered in Indonesia under the code name “9584”. This model is categorized as a point-and-shoot camera (“Digital Still Camera”), but it is not clear if this will be a third new Leica camera or this registration is for the new Q2 Monochrom:

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Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions – what’s on the block

By LR admin | Published: October 19, 2020

Here are a few videos describing some of the items that will be auctioned in the next Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions that will take place on Saturday, November 14, 2020 (see also this post):