The new Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.2 Aspherical VM lens for Leica M-mount is now available for pre-order in the US:
The lens doesn’t come with a lens hood – both the Voigtländer LH-8 and Voigtländer LH-10 lens hoods are compatible. Additional coverage of this lens can be found here.
Leica is scheduled to have a press conference on September 25th (Photokina Media Preview Day). The list of rumored Leica cameras and lenses can be found here. The Leica booth will be located in hall 2.2:
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Review of the Leica M10-P camera from a user and LeicaRumors fan (not a dealer/blogger) by Onasj (see also previous guest posts):
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.
New ExperimentalOptics 35mm f/2.7 full frame pancake lens for Leica M mount is now listed for funding on Kickstarter:
Through the Leica Pavillion at Photoville attendees will gain first-hand exposure to Leica equipment and hear from photographers about both the art, as well as the technical aspects of photography. A series of daily lectures, photowalks, loan programs and hands-on demos are scheduled:
The Belgian and Russian photographers stood out among 2,500 entries from 110 different countries
September 6, 2018 — The winners of this year’s established and internationally acclaimed Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) photographic competition have been chosen. In the main category, “Leica Oskar Barnack Award”, Belgian photographer Max Pinckers won over the five judges of the competition with his series titled “Red Ink”. In the “Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer” category for up-and-coming photographers aged up to 25, Mary Gelman of Russia won with her series titled “Svetlana”.
