Leica Rumors

Leica will work with other electronics companies

By LR admin | Published: July 20, 2016

After the Huawei P9 smartphone, Leica will continue to work together with other electronics companies. The cooperation with Huawei was only the beginning – this is according to the German magazine “Capital” (issue 08/2016, EVT July 21). The exact quote from Leica CEO Oliver Kaltner was:

“There are lenses in every television, every console, action cameras, drones. We are open for further discussion. And we are currently in discussions.”

At one point Leica even tried to work together with Apple, but the negotiations fell apart (Dr. Kaufmann’s comment: “In my view, Apple is not a company that likes collaborations“).

Here is the original press release in German and the translated version:

Posted in Leica Smartphones| Tagged Huawei / Leica smartphone, Huawei P9 smartphone| 8 Comments

Leica announces APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH lens in silver anodized finish

By LR admin | Published: July 19, 2016

Today Leica Camera officially announced the silver anodized version of the APO Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH lens (I reported this rumor last week). The US price is $7,995 (£5,900 in the UK). Pre – order links:

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Leica rumored to announce a new line of M cinema lenses

By LR admin | Published: July 18, 2016

For Photokina in September Leica is rumored to announce new line of M cinema lenses (with cine housing/gears). The first set of lenses will be all Summilux versions (f/1.4). Based on this rumor we can speculate that the next M camera will have some serious video upgrades. Expect to see more video workshops offered by Leica Akademie.

Leica already has a professional line of cinema C lenses (Summilux-C and Summicron-C).

Posted in Leica Cinema Lenses, Leica Lenses| Tagged Leica M Cinema Lenses, Photokina 2016| 11 Comments

Next Leica M/SL camera body must be high resolution

By LR admin | Published: July 17, 2016

This article is by Horatio Tan (Website|Instagram|Facebook) Check out his other articles, also available on his website.

It has been two months since I started to publish my Leica reviews on my website. It was a big step for me, but I can only hope that my efforts can add to the rich Leica online community. I didn’t want to do what’s already been done. So I decided to go into another direction, and try to do things that haven’t been done yet – like crazy bokeh comparisons between fast Leica primes to awesome bokeh comparisons between fast Leica, Canon, and Nikon prime lenses.

Posted in LR Guest Posts| 29 Comments

Leica “8854” camera registered at the Indonesian Communication Agency

By LR admin | Published: July 14, 2016

A new Leica camera model 8854 was recently (July 11th) registered at the Indonesian telecommunication agency. The camera has Wi-Fi and/or a GPS module and is “made in Germany” as the Leica SL, Q and T. The Indonesian telecommunication agency reports that the camera is currently being tested at their test centre (“Balai Uji” = test centre).

Via Digicame-info

Posted in Other Leica Stuff| Tagged Photokina 2016| 15 Comments

Silver Leica APO Summicron M 50mm f/2.0 ASPH lens to be announced soon

By LR admin | Published: July 13, 2016

On July 19th Leica is rumored to announce a new, silver Leica APO Summicron M 50mm f/2.0 ASPH lens. I am not sure if the price will be higher than the current black version (currently priced at $7,795 in the US). Stay tuned for additional information.