Leica Rumors

Is that the new Leica Q2 camera?

By LR admin | Published: February 9, 2019

A reader sent me the above picture of what appears to be the upcoming Leica Q2 camera. Here are two different edits from the above photo for a better view:

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Leica M10-P Safari limited edition camera now in stock

By LR admin | Published: February 9, 2019

The new Leica M10-P Safari limited edition camera is now in stock:

The Leica Summicron-M 50 mm f/2 Edition “Safari” lens will be available on February 15th.

Rumors: Leica Q2 with 47MP sensor, Leica S3 with 64MP sensor

By LR admin | Published: February 8, 2019

The latest version 1.1.0 of the Leica FOTOS app already contains a listing for the upcoming Leica Q2 camera which is an indication that the official announcement is coming soon:

Nikoshita also reports that two different resolution settings were added in the app – 47MP (for the Leica Q2?) and 64MP (for the Leica S3?) – this confirms the Q2 rumors I reported last year:

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New Leica M10-P ASC 100 limited edition camera to be announced soon (American Society of Cinematographers)

By LR admin | Published: February 8, 2019

Leica will soon announce a new Leica M10-P ASC 100 limited edition camera for the American Society of Cinematographers 100th anniversary.

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Three new Leica M limited production lens variants announced

By LR admin | Published: February 7, 2019

Today Leica announced three new limited production M lens variants:

The previously rumored Leica Summilux-M 28mm f/1.4 ASPH silver lens
Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 matte black paint (released before as a limited edition in Japan)
Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH black chrome lens

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The 2019 Leica Oskar Barnack Award starts on March 1st

By LR admin | Published: February 6, 2019

LOBA: THE SUBMISSION PHASE FOR ENTRIES FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION BEGINS ON 1 MARCH 2019

Leica Camera AG is pleased to announce the starting date of the submission phase of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) 2019: professional and up-and-coming photographers can submit entries to the international photographic competition at www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com from 1 March to 1 April 2019. Up-and-coming photographers will be particularly pleased to hear that the age limit in this category has been raised. This year is the first time that up-and-coming photographers up to the age of 28 can take part in the Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer competition.

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