Leica Rumors

Leica holiday gift ideas

By LR admin | Published: December 17, 2018

Here are some Leica holiday gift ideas:

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Leica 28mm f/5.6 Summaron-M black limited edition lens announced in Japan

By LR admin | Published: December 14, 2018

Leica Camera Japan Co., Ltd. announced a new Leica 28mm f/5.6 Summaron-M black limited edition lens for the Japanese market. The lens has a matte black finish. Only 50 pieces will be available. The suggested retail price is 380,000 yen (around $3,300).

The original Leica 28mm f/5.6 Summaron-M lens is available only in silver.

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New Shoten L-mount adapters for Leica M and R mounts lenses (LM-LSL and LR-LSL)

By LR admin | Published: December 14, 2018

Shoten announced two new L-mount adapters: LM-LSL (Leica M-mount lens to Leica L-mount) and LR-LSL (Leica R-mount lens to Leica L-mount).

Shoten adapters are sold at Amazon and eBay.

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Leica M10 now $800 off at B&H

By LR admin | Published: December 13, 2018

The Leica M10 camera currently has a rare $800 discount at B&H (limited supply at this price):

Other Leica camera discounts (you can find all current Leica savings here):

Leica SL: $600 off
Leica M-P (Typ 240): $1,600 off

Update – the price is now back to normal, but a new price drop could be coming soon:

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New book: “Museum Leica” by Lars Netopil

By LR admin | Published: December 12, 2018

The new book “Museum Leica” by Lars Netopil is now available for sale at the Leica Store Miami:

Lars Netopil has compiled an exhaustive volume to illustrate what future visitors to the Leica Museum can look forward to discovering. The Leica expert and historian, who also owns a Leica Store for vintage and contemporary cameras in Wetzlar’s Old Town, has published several books within his field in the past. For this endeavor, his well-established team has documented the treasures to be displayed at Leica’s factory museum. The book was designed by David Pitzer, the over 600, mostly large-format photographs were created by Wolfgang Sauer.
In 36 chapters, the essential exhibits from the inventory of the new Leica Factory Museum are described – from the UR-Leica to the red anodized Leica.
672 pages with over 600 large size colour images
Text fully bi-lingual (English/German)
21×30 cm, 2 sub-volumes in one slipcase, hardcover in cloth with dust-jacket

Additional information and pictures:

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Today only: Techart PRO Leica M-mount Sony E-mount AF adapter now $130 off

By LR admin | Published: December 12, 2018

The Techart PRO Leica M-mount to Sony E-mount AF adapter is now $130 off (today only):

The adapter lets you autofocus Leica M-mount lenses on Sony A7 series cameras:

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Techart lens adapter in action: focusing Leica M lenses on Sony a7 (sorry for the shaky video)
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Adobe Lightroom Classic CC 8.1 released with support for Leica D-Lux 7, Leica M10-D and Leica M10-P cameras

By LR admin | Published: December 11, 2018

A quick update to my post from yesterday – Adobe also released Lightroom Classic CC 8.1 with support for the Leica D-Lux 7, Leica M10-D and Leica M10-P cameras. See also the full list of newly supported cameras and lenses. The latest Adobe CC plan rates can be found here (see also this page). You can get a free Lightroom CC trial 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.