New Leica books

The latest Leica related books:


The book of the Leica R-series cameras.


→ Photographer’s Guide to the Leica C-Lux.


Ernst Leitz III – Die Leica stets im Blick: Asphärentechnologie und Glasforschung – die Basis für ganz neue Objektive (in German).

 


Retro-Kameras: Modelle – Technik – Design (in German).


→ Black Paint Leica book by Douglas So: the book can be ordered at www.f22.com ([email protected]).

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Colored anodized metal rear lens caps for M-mount lenses now available in 5 different colors





In addition to silver and black, the metal rear lens caps for M-mount lenses are now available in four additional colors (red, blue, gold and dark safari green) at the LR online store:

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Leica Q2 bug: DNG files cannot be imported


Last week a reader contacted me about a potential Leica Q2 bug which I mentioned in the Leica Q2 Facebook page:

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Leica is back in Russia

CEO of Leica Camera Russia Klaus Hauer

CEO of Leica Camera Russia Klaus Hauer (left)

Back in February LCR (Leica Camera Russia) announced that it will no longer represent Leica Camera AG in the Russian Federation.

The Russian edition of Maxim recently reported that Leica is back in Russia and Leica Store Moscow was recently “reopened” after Leica Camera AG registered their own Russian representation in May.

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Voigtlander Nokton Vintage Line 75mm f/1.5 Aspherical VM lens first impressions video




Voigtlander Nokton Vintage Line 75mm f/1.5 Aspherical VM lens for Leica M-mount first impressions video:

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Top 10 LeicaRumors posts for June 2019

 
 Leica CEO Matthias Harsch 
  
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Leica CL firmware update version 3.1 released


Today Leica released firmware update version 3.1 for the Leica CL mirrorless camera with several performance improvements:

  • AF/AE lock added to FN menu – The AF and AE lock function allows you to lock your focus or exposure settings separately as you recompose your shot.
  • Manual video exposure mode added – Allows you to select and change aperture while filming.
  • Movable zoom position of the magnified live view in manual focus modeFocus manually and compose the shot at the same time.
  • Focus Peaking sensitivity added to menu – Two sensitivity modes for focus peaking are now available.
  • Touch AF generally on/off for different AF Modes – The touch AF functionality can now generally be either activated or deactivated – regardless the preferred AF mode (excluding multi field AF and face detection).
  • EVF Brightness adjustment added to menu – You can now adjust the brightness of the EVF in10 steps.
  • 4K video file size limitation lifted – Until now, the 4K video files where limited up to 4GB. This is limitation is lifted.
  • Auto ISO behavior – The new auto ISO has the priority to create a correct exposure.
  • Menu item WLAN is renamed to Leica FOTOS
  • L-Mount lenses can be updated via separate lens update file

Additional information on the Leica CL firmware update can be found at RedDotForum:

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