Leica Rumors

Leica APO Vario Elmarit SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 lens now in stock

By LR admin | Published: June 30, 2016

The new Leica APO Vario Elmarit SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 lens is now in stock for the first time at the Leica Store San Francisco.

Additional info on the 90-280 SL lens can be found here.

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New Leica promos/deals in the USA and UK

By LR admin | Published: June 30, 2016

Leica USA introduced a new M Typ 262 bundle that offers a savings of $2,095. The promo bundle includes:

Leica M (Typ 262) camera
Leica Summarit-M 50mm f/2.4 lens (black finish)
Leica SF40 flash
Leica nylon systems case (medium size, black)

The price of the whole kit is $5,995. This promo is available till September 30, 2016.

Leica UK also has a new promo: £500 credit towards the purchase of a new Leica M 240, M-P and Monochrom when you trade-in any camera. See all the details at Reddotcameras.

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Leica SL six months field test

By LR admin | Published: June 27, 2016

This Leica SL review is by Kristen Meister (Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram). Check out also her Leica Q review (more reviews and more Leica topics are available on her blog).

It has been six months since I took the plunge – six months since I sold my tried-and-true Nikon D800 and embarked on a journey to re-discover myself as a photographer with a new camera as my sidekick. That new camera, the Leica SL (Type 601), has provided me with a bounty of photographic possibilities, and I believe I have created some of my best work to date with it in my hands.

Since I started routinely blogging about my love affair with the Leica SL, I’ve received a lot of email from readers (thank you!) asking if I really love my SL. The emails generally go something like this: “Hi, I am considering transitioning to the Leica SL from ___[insert camera model]___. Do you still like it? Any regrets? Is it worth the money? Thanks.”

With the emails about the Leica SL flooding in, it seemed appropriate to revisit my love affair with the Leica SL after six months to see if I was still madly in love.

Be sure to click on a photo for a larger version. Go ahead, peek at those pixels 😉

Without doubt, this is one of my favorite images made with the Leica SL in my first six months of ownership. This is partly owed to the weather sealing that made this shot possible – the sky has an orange cast because of the sand being kicked up by the wind. Good time to have weather sealing? When you are standing in the middle of a Jordanian desert photographing miniature orange dust sand crap.

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Leica stores will be selling the Huawei P9 smartphone

By LR admin | Published: June 24, 2016

The new Huawei P9 and P9 Plus smartphones with Leica dual camera are already available for sale at the Leica Store Wetzlar and Frankfurt. Additional Leica Stores will be added in the coming weeks. The price of the Huawei P9 is about 550 Euros, the Huawei P9 Plus is around 700 Euros.

For US pricing and availability, check Amazon’s Huawei P9 listings.

Posted in Leica Smartphones| Tagged Huawei / Leica smartphone, Huawei P9 smartphone| 11 Comments

Leica M Monochrom added to Leica à la carte camera personalisation service

By LR admin | Published: June 23, 2016

I already reported about the Leica Monochrom camera being aded as a part of the Leica à la carte program a few days ago. Here is the official word from Leica:

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