Leica Camera officially announced the Leica M-P Typ 240 Titanium set that includes the Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH and APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH lenses. Shipping will start in mid October 2016. The UK price is £17,500 (incl. VAT), in the US the set will cost $22,900 and pre-orders are already open at Leica Store Miami and Leica Store San Francisco.
Full press release and additional images:
Leica will soon announce the new Leica Summilux SL 50mm f/1.4 ASPH lens for the SL mirrorless camera. The price and image quality of the new lens should be comparable to the Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH lens. Stay tuned for additional overage – the first wave of Leica announcements will start this Friday.
Update: filter size of the new 50mm Summilux SL lens will be 82mm, the European price €4,800 (around $5,400).
The new Leica Sofort instant camera that already leaked in the latest issue of LFI magazine is real and will be officially announced on September 15th. There will be also a Leica branded color and black and white instant film (Fuji recently announced it):
The camera can work also with regular Fuji Instax film. The price will be 279 Euros and shipping will start in November. A color film pack will be 12 Euros, B&W will be 14 Euros. Here is some additional information on the Leica Sofort instant camera:
Few more pictures of the upcoming Leica M-P Typ 240 Titanium limited edition camera:
New firmware updates are available today for the Leica S-System. Registered owners can log in to the Leica Owners’ Area and download the new firmware version 4.0.0.0 for the Leica S (Typ 007) and 2.5.0 for the Leica S/S-E (Typ 006) medium format cameras, or take their camera to a Leica Store or Leica Customer Care in the UK for a complimentary update service.
A new Leica instant camera reportedly leaked in the latest issue of LFI magazine. If anyone got the new LFI issue please confirm, because this looks more like a joke than a real leak.
Update: I received multiple confirmations that this camera is indeed real – more information is available here.
The so called “Sofort” (instant in German) looks very similar to the current Fuji Instax Mini 90 model and it will work also with Fuji Instax film. Here are the specs:
Additional pictures:
Huawei is rumored to announce a new Mate 9 smartphone with a dual Leica-branded camera equipped with OIS:
