Leica Rumors

Leica is back in Russia

By LR admin | Published: July 23, 2019

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Back in February LCR (Leica Camera Russia) announced that it will no longer represent Leica Camera AG in the Russian Federation.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

By LR admin | Published: July 23, 2019

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

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Leica CL firmware update version 3.1 released

By LR admin | Published: July 22, 2019

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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Leica Camera USA announces Leica Women Foto Project (giving away $10K and Leica Q2 camera to three female photographers)

By LR admin | Published: July 22, 2019

Leica Camera USA announces the Leica Women Foto Project – a platform designed to support diversity and inclusion in photography through ongoing programs and a new photography award. The award calls for photographers looking to pursue a long-term project to submit entries beginning today, July 22nd. The three recipients of the award will be announced on October 16th. Each will receive a cash price of $10,000 to be used exclusively on a long-term photo project, in addition to a one year loan of a Leica Q2, which will be passed down to the next generation of winners, as well as a replacement camera to permanently add to their photography kits.

Applicants are requested to submit:

A series of 10 images taken with any camera made on any digital or film camera of any make, model or brand, with at least 4 images created between 2018-19
A 500-word proposal describing their personal project, its relevance in today’s social climate and detail of how the funds will be allocated

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8 different Zeiss lenses for Leica M-mount are now up to $229 off in the US

By LR admin | Published: July 21, 2019

Eight different Zeiss lenses (two colors each) for Leica M-mount are now on sale in the US (up to $229 off) – see the details at Adorama and B&H Photo (the prices should be reflected at Amazon as well). Here is the list of discounted Zeiss M-mount lenses: