Nordic Photo announced a new Leica M Monochrom Silver Anniversary Edition camera for their 25th anniversary (the Monochrom is available only in black). This limited edition will come with a silver Leica Summilux M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH lens (including a silver lens hood). The price is 140,000 SEK (around $21,000).
Update – here is more info on that limited edition camera:
A new Leica T type 701 hands-on field test video by The Camera Store:
STMicroelectronics, the producer of the current Leica M 24MP sensor, has recently updated their website with the claim that they would soon offer CMOS image sensors “with 100′s of millions of pixels”:
“Since 1999 ST has been an industry leader in the design and manufacture of imaging sensors. The current product portfolio spans a wide range of traditional image sensors from entry level VGA to 24 Mpixels and will soon offer products with 100’s of millions of pixels.”
Back in March ONA announced their Berlin leather camera bag specially designed for the Leica M system. The limited edition bag sold out in a very short period of time and now ONA announced a new Berlin II model that is almost identical to the original version and is currently available for pre-order at the Leica Store Miami and Camera West.
ONA Berlin II messenger bag additional information:
L&H Photographica published the results from their last auction that took place on May 3rd. Here are the top 5 most expensive Leica cameras sold (HK$ 4 million = around US$ 515,000):
Lolumina introduced new interchangeable soft-release buttons for non-threaded shutter release cameras (like the Leica X and T models):
