It seems that the previously rumored Leica M10-P “White” limited edition camera is now officially announced. Here is the UK press release (there is still no info in the US, but I was told that the US price will be $14,500).
Update – some live pictures from PCH:
Leica M10-P “White” limited edition camera UK press release:
The Leica Oskar Barnack Award is adapting a new, nomination-based submission process to further heighten the prestige of the award. The Award will now consider finalists and ultimately select winners based on nominations from 70 world-renowned photographic experts from over 30 countries. With this nomination process, the honor of being chosen as a finalist is an esteemed accomplishment of its own, as they are recognized and hand-selected by some of the most respected figures impacting the world of photography.
In May, the jury will gather at the Leica Camera headquarters in Wetzlar to select the winner of the 2020 Leica Oskar Barnack Award. For the first time in the Award’s 40-year history, the winner will receive a prize of €40,000, in addition to a Leica camera worth €10,000.
Full press release:
NIK Collection and DxO PhotoLab are up to 30% off today:
Thew French website Reponses Photo leaked the information on the upcoming Leica M10-P “White” limited edition camera:
Both the silver and black Zenit-M cameras with Leica M-mount are now available for sale in the US and are currently in-stock at zenit.store:
The US price is $6,995 and it includes the 35/1.0 Zenitar M lens in a special case with collector’s card, and hardbound book.
Two weeks ago, Panasonic announced that they will sell their image sensor business to Taiwan’s Nuvoton Technology for $250 million. Initially, there was some confusion about whether the sale will also include TowerJazz, which was part of the TowerJazz Panasonic Semiconductor Co. joint venture. TowerJazz issued a press release clarifying that the company is planning to keep their 51% share of TowerJazz Panasonic Semiconductor Co.:
PhotonsToPhotos published their Leica SL2 camera sensor test results:
Here are a few comparisons with other cameras in the same category (click for larger view):
