More pictures of the upcoming Venus Optics Laowa lenses for Leica M-mount

By LR admin | Published: June 4, 2019


A few more pictures of the upcoming Venus Optics Laowa lenses for Leica M-mount I have been reporting about since last week – the first picture is of the 9mm f/5.6 lens:


The second lens will be 11mm f/4.5:

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First picture of the upcoming Venus Optics Laowa 9mm f/5.6 lens for Leica M-mount?

By LR admin | Published: June 2, 2019

This is supposed to be the first picture of the upcoming/rumored Venus Optics Laowa 9mm f/5.6 lens for Leica M-mount I reported about a few days ago (unless it’s a fake):

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Venus Optics will start making new Laowa lenses for Leica M-mount

By LR admin | Published: June 1, 2019


Venus Optics will start making new Laowa full-frame lenses for Leica M-mount. Three lenses will be announced first that will include:

  • 9mm f/5.6 (the widest full-frame rectilinear lens for M-mount)
  • 11mm f/4.5

The new lenses will be part of the Venus Optics C-Dreamer product line.

Laowa lenses are available for sale at Adorama and B&H.

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Top 10 LeicaRumors posts for May 2019

By LR admin | Published: May 31, 2019

  
  
  
These are the top 10 most visited LeicaRumors posts for May 2019: Read More »

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New L-mount products announced: Panasonic S1H cine full-frame mirrorless camera, 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverters, S1 DMW-SFU2 software upgrade key 

By LR admin | Published: May 31, 2019

Panasonic just announced several new L-mount products:


Panasonic Lumix S1H cine full-frame mirrorless camera with 6K/24p (3:2), 5.9K/30p (16:9) and 10-bit 60p 4K/C4K


The new L-mount teleconverters were also announced: Panasonic 1.4x DMW-STC14 and Panasonic 2.0x DMW-STC20.


Panasonic also announced new S1 DMW-SFU2 software upgrade key. How to enable the new S1 software upgrade for enhanced video recording:

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This $188 million California mega-mansion comes with a giant “Fake Leica” sculpture by Liao Yibai

By LR admin | Published: May 30, 2019




This $188 million California mega-mansion located at 924 Bel Air Rd comes with a giant “Fake Leica” sculpture by Liao Yibai:

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The LeicaRumors online store will be closed for the month of June – last chance to place an order and get it shipped before July

By LR admin | Published: May 29, 2019



A quick update on the LeicaRumors online store: I will be able to ship any order placed in the next 48 hours on time. All other orders placed in June will be shipped in the second week of July. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

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