Novoflex announced a new Canon EF lens adapter for the Leica SL mirrorless camera. This is an electronic adapter “Made in Germany” that supports autofocus, aperture control and also has AF/MF mode, depth of field indication and EXIF data transmission (for aperture and focal length only).
In the US Novoflex products can be found at Amazon, Adorama and B&H (see all Novoflex SL adapters).
Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden is talking about his projects: Coney Island, Haiti, Black Country and American Made.
Macphun released Aurora HDR Pro version 1.2.2 with added RAW support for the Leica M Typ 262 camera. Several performance improvements were also introduced:
Leica Oskar Barnack Award presentation to return to Germany
Leica has today revealed that the presentation of the Leica Oscar Barnack Award 2016 will take place in Berlin, Germany, on 28 September.
Taos Photographic is now the official European distributor for the MS Optics lenses of Mr. Miyazaki. They are currently selling the MS Optics Apoqualia-G 35mm f/1.4 MC lens for €1,220 (also available for $1,299 on eBay). Here is a sample photo taken with that lens:
A new Leica Store Shanghai XinTianDi had a soft launch last week. The grand opening will be held on June 3rd, 2016.
Update – here is a video of the grand opening:
Starting today, LeicaRumors has a new Instagram account (@leicarumors). You can also follow LR on Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
