Leica Rumors

The new Leica Boston Store and Gallery will open on September 16th

By LR admin | Published: September 6, 2016

The new Leica Boston Store and Gallery will officially open on September 16th:

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The new T camera will be called “Leica TL”

By LR admin | Published: September 6, 2016

The new Leica T camera that will be announced at Photokina will be called Leica TL. You probably already noticed that the new Leica APO Macro-Elmarit TL 60mm f/2.8 ASPH lens was already labeled as TL while previous lenses were just T. All this makes sense since the SL and TL technically share the same mount (one is using full frame lenses, the other APS-C).

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Firmware update version 1.55 for Leica T (Typ 701) camera now available

By LR admin | Published: September 6, 2016

The new firmware update version 1.55 for the Leica T (Typ 701) camera I reported last week is now officially available for download on Leica’s website. The only addition in this release is the full compatibility with the new APO-Macro-Elmarit-TL 60mm/f2.8 ASPH lens.

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New line of Leica M cinema lenses to be announced this week?

By LR admin | Published: September 6, 2016

If you are following LeicaRumors, you probably remember my post from two months ago about Leica rumored to announce a new line of M cinema lenses. Well, the next issue of FDtimes has an interesting title in their upcoming issue called “Leica M 0.8 Primes“:

Update: the 0.8 is the gear pitch of the M-Mount cine lenses that fits all follow focus and remote focus systems in professional film production:

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More Kipon lens adapters for Leica SL and M cameras announced

By LR admin | Published: September 5, 2016

In addition to the first models which I covered here on the blog a month ago, Kipon Baveyes announced few more lens adapters for Leica SL and Leica M cameras: