Back in June I already reported that the next 7Artisans lens for Leica M-mount will be wide angle. I just received the first prototype picture of the upcoming 7Artisans 28mm f/1.4 lens (it will be rangefinder coupled). The official announcement is expected by the end of the year.
I don’t remember if I have mentioned this already here on LR – “I’m Back” is working on a digital back solution for Leica film rangefinders (the project progress can be found here):
Leitz, formerly known as CW Sonderoptic, announced new cine lenses. The zoom lenses will be priced around 30,000€ each while the prime lenses will sell for 45,000€ each.
I sold my M10 and purchased an M10-P in silver. In case people are looking for them, I hear the silvers are in stock still at several places though the black model is already hard to find. Since the black model is chrome, not painted, it wouldn’t patina in the way some like their black Leicas to age, though personally I just like silver bodies, especially with silver lenses, better.
I shoot a lot of thin-DOF images with the 75/1.25, 50/0.95, and other lenses, and checking focus by the usual play-cursor scroll-enlarge wheel-cursor scroll-enlarge wheel-cursor scroll-enlarge wheel routine is very slow and cumbersome. Being able to double-tap any part of the image to jump to a 100% enlargement is therefore a major improvement to my shooting workflow. Touchscreen scrolling (by dragging one’s fingertip) of an enlarged photo was quick, responsive, and smooth. Occasionally reverting to my M10 habit of scrolling with the cursor quickly reminded me of the much greater ease and speed of touchscreen scrolling. These are two simple functional improvements that make a significant increase in the ease of reviewing images. Of course I appreciate that some consider viewing the images you just took to be worthy of derision, if not excommunication, but for me actually checking my work as I shoot helps maximize the quality of the resulting images.
