Solms, Germany (October 27, 2011) – Leica Camera AG expands the range of lenses for the Leica S-System with the new Leica Elmarit-S 30mm f/2.8 ASPH wide angle lens. With this latest addition, the portfolio of lenses for the professional S-System is now comprised of five focal lengths. The fastest medium format lens in this focal length, the Leica Elmarit-S 30mm f/2.8 ASPH will be available beginning December 2011.
A black Leica M9-P now in now stock at B&H:
This won’t last long. In case is sold out, Popflash also has some in stock.
Megapixel had an interview with Stefan Daniel (Director Product Management at Leica Camera AG). Some of the interesting points:
Amazon, Adorama, Popflash and Acephoto currently have the new Leica D-LUX 5 Titanium limited edition camera in stock:
I mentioned the new Leica Akademie North America program for 2012 few days ago. Here is some more information on the different classes:
Erwin Puts will be releasing a third edition of his “Leica Compendium” book this November:
“There is such a demand for my Leica Compendium book that a third printing is necessary. It will become available end November 2011 and is printed in very limited numbers.”
Leica Camera announced the 2012 schedule of workshops. The links below will bring the summary and registration page for each workshop. A PDF file of the schedule can be found at www.leicaakademie.com.
As promised, here is the story of the 350kg stainless steel Leica camera from the Foto Henny Hoogeveen Leica store in Lisse, the Netherlands:
The sculpture was created by the Chinese artist Liao Yibai. There are only three copies of this “Fake Leica”: one is located in the store in Lisse, Leica Camera AG got the second one and a distributor got the third copy.
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