Leica at the 2025 Bild Expo in NYC

By LR admin | Published: June 21, 2025



Here is some additional coverage of the 2025 Bild Expo by B&H Photo that took place in NYC this week:

Pictures from the show:

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Leica MONOPAN 50 black and white 35mm photographic film additional coverage

By LR admin | Published: June 20, 2025


Leica MONOPAN 50 black and white 35mm photographic film additional coverage:

  • The Leica MONOPAN 50 film is rumored to be produced by Adox
  • The Leica MONOPAN 50 film price is unknown, but it is rumored to be as low as $15 per roll
  • The joke on the Internet is that “50” in “MONOPAN 50” stands for $50 per film price tag 🙂
  • Leica is considering other film product announcements depending on the success of the MONOPAN 50
  • Additional coverage and sample photos courtesy of Jamie.dop/Jamie & the Jam:

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New: Pro Tripod by Peak Design

By LR admin | Published: June 18, 2025


 
Peak Design launched three new lines of PRO tripods on Kickstarter, including lite + tall versions. The project has already raised almost $2 million during the first 2 days with an initial goal of $100,000, with almost 2,400 backers (58 days to go).




Products in this launch:

  • Pro Tripod (main hero product)
  • Pro Tall Tripod (taller variant of Pro Tripod)
  • Pro Lite Tripod (smaller/lighter option, between Travel Tripod and Pro Tripod)
  • Tilt Mod (accessory – turns Pro Tripod into a pan/tilt video tripod)
  • Pro Leveling Base (accessory – use any 3rd party tripod head w/ Pro Tripod)
  • Pro Spike Feet (accessory – set of 3 stainless steel feet)
  • Pro Lite Spike (accessory – set of 3 stainless steel feet)

Additional information:

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Leica announces MONOPAN 50 black and white 35mm photographic film

By LR admin | Published: June 18, 2025


The previously rumored Leica MONOPAN 50 black and white 35mm photographic film is now officially announced. See the full details, including the press release and sample photos at Reddotforum.

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Additional information:

  • This 35mm black-and-white negative film has super-panchromatic sensitivity, to 780nm, delivering a broad tonal range and reacting well with filtration for working near the infrared spectrum.
  • Ultra-high resolution of 280 lp/mm renders images with impressively high sharpness as well as also offering a very fine, smooth grain structure.
  • Slow-speed ISO 50/18° film is well-suited to use with faster lenses in daylight conditions, such as Leica’s Noctilux-M and Summilux-M lines.
  • Combination of high sharpness and low grain suits making high-magnification enlargements in the darkroom as well as high-resolution scanning applications.
  • Anti-halation layer prevents blooming or other halation effects for a clean image quality with good edge contrast.
  • Traditional silver-rich emulsion is compatible with nearly all black-and-white film developers.



Update – the press release was released later:

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Coming soon: Leica Monopan 50 – the new black and white 35mm film from Leica

By LR admin | Published: June 16, 2025


Leica Camera will soon announce Leica Monopan 50 – a new black and white 35mm film from Leica. Here are the details – stay tuned for updates:

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Leica digest #185

By LR admin | Published: June 15, 2025

→ A new Leica BE@RBRICK Royal Selangor 400% bundle was introduced in Asia.


→ Peak Design introduced a new minimalist 18L camera backpack.


→ Nextorage will hold a special sale from June 16th – 22nd in conjunction with participating in the 2025 Bild Expo. See the details here.


→ Topaz Labs announced Bloom – a new powerful creative tool for upscaling AI-generated images. Additional information is available here.

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Coming soon: new Leica limited edition camera to mark the 50th anniversary of “Leica Historica”

By LR admin | Published: June 15, 2025




It seems that the new product announcement I mentioned a few days ago (June 18th?) will be for a new limited edition camera to mark the 50th anniversary of Leica Historica:

“Continuing the tradition of the LEICA-HISTORICA special editions M6, TRI-Elmar-M, Leicavit-M, M (Type 246), and LEICA MP for our previous anniversaries, LEICA Camera is once again releasing an exclusive LEICA M special edition to mark the 50th anniversary of LEICA-HISTORICA.”

From the pictures, it looks like it will be a Leica M-A film camera with an APO-Summicron 35mm f/2 ASPH lens.

Here is the original post from Leica Historica

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