Vi Vante is currently offering free international shipping for orders over $100 with code FLYBABYFLY:
In addition, the Vi Vante “Calibre” hand-woven leather camera bag is on sale ($125 off):
Every order of (only) the Vi Vante “Calibre” bag will come with a free Leica M3 vintage replica camera tin (a $60 value):
The currently ongoing 10% off offer from Funleader is ending on Monday (July 31). Funleader has several interesting Leica products and they offer free shipping worldwide on orders over $30:
A Leica M3 camera No.959420 from 1959 sold for SEK 1,120,000 (around $106,000) at an auction held by LP Fotos Auktioner in Stockholm. The initial asking price was SEK 110,000 ($10,640) but the camera sold for SEK 1,120,000 ($106,000) – somebody basically paid 10x the asking price. The last bid increased the price from SEK 330,000 to SEK 1,120,000. According to the description, the winding mechanism of the camera has been replaced with an M4 type and much of the black paint has worn off from the base plate and other parts (via Kamera Bild).
Leica is rumored to release soon a new Q3 camera firmware update. Here are two of the issues that will be addressed:
Astrodesign and Samyang joined the Leica L-mount alliance two weeks ago. The AF 35-150mm f/2-2.8 is rumored to be Samyang’s first Leica L-mount full-frame mirrorless lens. The lens already exists for Sony E-mount (priced at $1,399). Stay tuned for details.
In the field with the Leica Q3 by David Butow from The Real Frame (Instagram):
My first immersive experience with the Q3 was using it to cover the scenes in downtown Miami on June 13 when former president Donald Trump appeared in federal court for his arraignment on federal charges for mishandling classified documents. Although this was the first time in U.S. history something like this had happened, the general scenes were not unfamiliar to me. In 2017, I moved to Washington, D.C. to cover the chaos around his presidency which culminated in the attempted insurrection on January 6, 2021. My pictures from Capitol Hill, the White House and various scenes out in America during those years were published in my book Brink.
After a hiatus from this subject since those years, I looked forward to getting back in the middle of it and was eager to try out the Q3, particularly how its high speed synch capabilities would work in the bright Miami sun. Only high speed synch will allow you to see the effects of the flash beyond a few feet in front of you in that kind of light.
Miami was hot and muggy that Tuesday and in addition to a couple bottles of water, I carried my M11 with a 50mm and an SL2-S with a 100-400mm. For most of the day, I used mainly the Q3 with the SF-60 flash off-camera with the CF-1 remote. Digital sensors have such great dynamic range these days, you don’t really need fill flash for much these days, but it does give you a different look, and one that I wanted to try.
→ B&H Photo will celebrate its 50-year anniversary with a new Bild Expo that will take place on September 6-7 at the Javits Center in NYC – it looks like this can be a replacement for PDN PhotoPlus Expo which got canceled during the pandemic and slowly disappeared.
→ Leica Q3 review: The next generation of excellence.
Fatih Arslan developed his own 3D-printed Leica M11 charging dock. You can purchase the blueprint on Etsy and 3D print it at home or use a third-party service. For the cable, you can purchase this UGREEN branded 90-degree USB-C cable. Additional information:
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