The Leica APO-Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 Asph lens is now officially announced – see the details at B&H, Red Dot Forum and Leica’s website (see also this post). The US price is $4,495. For additional information and availability, check one of our sponsors:
Leica APO-Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 Asph lens additional information:
The new Leica APO-Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 Asph lens report (by Jonathan Slack):
This will be a short report, beyond the obvious superlatives there really isn’t that much to say about this wonderful new lens.
The 50mm is the 4th lens in the APO SL Summicron lineup. The wide-angle lenses are promised for 2020, while the 75, 90, and 35 have already been released.
Sam and Eva (and Maurice and Shelley), Leica SL ISO 1600 1/100th f6.3 APO Summicron SL 50mm Asph
Garlic (and Pepper), ISO 50 Leica SL with 50 APO Summicron SL f2 1/4000th
I already reported that the Leica APO-Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 Asph lens will be officially released on August 15th. The German retailer Fotokoch already published the details and pricing (€4200) of the lens on their website (Google translated):
Adobe released the August 2019 version of Lightroom Classic and ACR with support for the new Leica V-LUX 5 camera and several improvements including GPU Accelerated Editing:
The latest Adobe CC subscription plan rates can be found here (see also this page). A free Lightroom CC trial is available on this page (no credit card required). More information on the different Lightroom versions is available here and here. The different Adobe Creative Cloud options are described here.
For Adobe alternatives check the latest products from Topaz Labs, Skylumand ON1.
Via PhotoRumors
The teaser I reported yesterday was for a new Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 MC VM Map Camera 25th-anniversary limited edition silver chrome lens for Leica M-mount that is currently available for purchase in Japan for ¥ 99,800 or around $940 including tax. Additional information on the lens, including some sample photos, can be found here and here. Here are the details:
The famous Map Camera store in Japan is celebrating its 25th anniversary on August 13th. To commemorate this milestone, Map Camera will release a new rangefinder lens for Leica M-mount (the lens will be made in Japan). There is already a teaser on their website. The lens details and pre-orders will be officially announced on August 13th. Unfortunately, the new lens will not be available for international sales. Stay tuned for additional information.
The Leica section of Map Camera can be found here. Check out also their eBay store:
