Leica Rumors

Leica highlights from the upcoming WestLicht camera auction

By LR admin | Published: May 8, 2017

Here are some of the Leica highlights from the upcoming 31st WestLicht Camera Auction that will take place on June 10th, 2017:

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Leica announced new Trinovid 8×32 HD and Trinovid 10×32 HD binoculars

By LR admin | Published: May 8, 2017

Leica announced two new binoculars:

Leica Trinovid 8×32 HD binocular
Leica Trinovid 10×32 HD binocular

Press release and technical specifications:

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Shooting the Milky Way with the Leica M10 (Zeiss Distagon 15mm f/2.8 ZM lens review)

By LR admin | Published: May 8, 2017

General

The widest M rectilinear lens that Leica makes today is the 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar ($2,995) if you don’t count the 16-18-21mm f/4 Tri-Elmar-M ($5,195). If you want to go wider, Zeiss and Voigtlander are the only options – Zeiss makes two super wide lenses, while Voigtlander has three:

Distagon T* 15mm f/2.8 ZM ($4,600)
Distagon T* 18mm f/4 ZM ($1,428)

Hyper Wide Heliar 10mm f/5.6 VM Aspherical ($1,099)
Ultra Wide Heliar 12mm f/5.6 VM Aspherical III ($899)
Super Wide Heliar 15mm f/4.5 VM Aspherical III ($699)

Back in the 70’s Zeiss used to make the Hologon 15mm f/8 lens for Leica M mount (now selling for over $15k).

In this post I will cover the Zeiss Distagon 15mm f/2.8 ZM lens.

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HandeVision IBERIT lenses for Leica M-mount now in stock

By LR admin | Published: May 4, 2017

Four out of the five HandeVision IBERIT lenses for Leica M-mount are currently in stock at Adorama (the 24mm lens was just released) with pricing starting from $569:

IBERIT lenses are jointly developed by KIPON and German lens manufacturer IB/E OPTICS GmbH.
The 90mm f/2.4 lens will ship later this year.
All IBERIT M lenses are rangefinder coupled and are pre-6-bit coded.
The IBERIT lenses are also available for other mirrorless mounts.
Additional coverage of the HandeVision IBERIT lenses for Leica M-mount can be found here:

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Did you know that Ducati once made rangefinder cameras? (Sogno OR 6401.1)

By LR admin | Published: May 3, 2017

Check out this Ducati half frame rangefinder camera (model Sogno OR 6401.1) with a Vitor 35/3.5 collapsible lens courtesy of JapanCameraHunter:
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Leica digest

By LR admin | Published: May 2, 2017

→ Used Leica S-E Typ 006 camera (condition 10) listed for $8,799.95.

→ With the Control A HotSync-L transmitter Priolite has added Leica to their list of HotSync compatible camera systems. In the US Priolite products are sold at B&H.