Leica Rumors

Leica M camera designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson for RED sold for $1.8 million

By LR admin | Published: November 24, 2013

The Leica M custom made camera by Jony Ive and Marc Newson for (RED) sold for $1,805,000 at Sotheby’s charity auction in New York (hammer price with buyer’s premium). The camera was initially expected to reach $500,000 to $750,000. The (RED) auction at Sotheby’s raised a total of $26.2 million to fight AIDS in Africa.

Posted in Leica M| Tagged Leica Limited Edition, Leica M 240 (RED) camera, Leica M designed by Jony Ive| 13 Comments

List of Leica lenses impacted by the price increase

By LR admin | Published: November 22, 2013

Here is a list of the Leica M and S lenses that will get a price increase on January 1st, 2014:

Lens	Old price	New price
Tri-Elmar M 16-18-21 / f 4.0 ASPH	$5,350	$5,450
18mm / f3.8 ASPH	$3,195	$3,250
21mm / f1.4 ASPH	$7,250	$7,650
24mm / f1.4 ASPH	$7,250	$7,550
24mm / f3.8 ASPH	$2,595	$2,650
28mm / f2.8 ASPH. M-Elmarit	$2,195	$2,250
35mm / f2.0 ASPH Silver	$3,195	$3,350
50mm / f1.4 ASPH Silver	$3,995	$4,250
50mm / f2.0	$2,295	$2,350
50mm / f2.5 Black	$1,650	$1,750
90mm / f2.5 Black	$1,950	$2,150
90 mm/ f4 Macro-Elmar	$3,995	$4,150
135mm / f3.4 APO	$3,650	$3,850
Vario-Elmar-S 1.3.5-5.6/30-90 ASPH	$10,900	$11,400
Summarit-S 1:2.5/35 ASPH	$6,750	$6,950

Here is a list of Leica M lenses that are currently in stock at the Leica Store Miami:

Posted in Leica Lenses| Tagged Leica price increase| 15 Comments

Another Leica price increase coming on January 1st, 2014

By LR admin | Published: November 22, 2013

Update: here is the list of lenses that will be impacted by this price increase.

Leica will have another price increase on January 1st, 2014 on selected M lenses. I will soon have the list of products that will be impacted. The good news is that almost all of the Leica M lenses are now in stock at B&H and Adorama.

Curious to know what the Leica prices were 27 years ago? See this post:

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Leica T (701) camera without a rangefinder coming soon

By LR admin | Published: November 21, 2013

The Leica T (701) will be a new camera without a rangefinder. I am not sure if the Leica T will be an interchangeable lens camera (most likely) or it will have a fixed lens like the Sony RX1. The official announcement should be in the next few months. I am pretty sure that it will not have a Micro Four Thirds sensor (Leica executives have repeatedly said that they will not produce a MFT camera).

A new Leica camera that will be placed between the M and X lines has been rumored for years. After the last fiasco with UK media, in a recent interview with the Australian magazine Camera Leica’s CEO Alfred Schopf confirmed again that they will come up with a new compact system camera:

Posted in Leica T| 8 Comments

The Leica M 240 (RED) camera designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson could reach $500,000 to $750,000 in acution

By LR admin | Published: November 21, 2013

The New York Times reports that the one-of-a-kind Leica M 240 designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson could reach an estimated $500,000 to $750,000 during the (RED) charity auction on November 23;

“According to a Leica spokesman, the Leica M (RED) camera took two years to design and build and is the only camera ever designed by Mr. Ive. It’s also, as far as I can tell, the only digital camera to cost more than half a million dollars. Even by Leica’s standards, this is an expensive camera.
The special-edition Leica camera is made of die-cast magnesium and anodized aluminum, and comes with a 50mm f2.0 lens.”

Posted in Leica M| Tagged Leica Limited Edition, Leica M 240 (RED) camera, Leica M designed by Jony Ive| 6 Comments

Digiscoping with the Leica M 240 and Leica spotting scope APO-Televid 82

By LR admin | Published: November 20, 2013

This guest post on digiscoping with the Leica M 240 ($6,950) and the Leica spotting scope APO-Televid 82 ($2,999) is by Gunnar Olssons Foto:

When Leica Camera Inc. released the new M camera (240) with live view and movie function arose the possibility of using the camera for digiscoping. That is, the ability to connect the camera to a spotting scope and get a high focal length. We have now tested this setup for a couple of days and think that the result is really good.

The camera connects to the spotting scope by a T2-adapter with Leica M-mount (third part, not supplied by Leica) and the Leica Photo Adapter for Leica spotting scopes. The focal length of this setup is about 800 mm with an aperture of f/9.8. A stable and strong tripod and tripod head is needed, we have also used a classic cable shutter release to minimize the vibrations.

Posted in Leica M, LR Guest Posts| Tagged Leica digiscoping adapter, Leica reviews| 2 Comments

Leica Camera puts photography into focus at Art Basel

By LR admin | Published: November 20, 2013

Allendale, NJ (November 19, 2013) – Leica Camera, in partnership with Miami Street Photography Festival, launches a series of exciting photographic events and partnerships at Art Basel Miami this December. Dubbed the winter playground of the global art world, the prestigious fair annually hosts over 50,000 international art enthusiasts who come to enjoy the fascinating exhibits, events, and programming against the vibrant backdrop of Miami.

During the six days of programming, in addition to a celebratory event and Leica Akademie, the final round of the multi-city X Vario City Challenge will crown a Miami winner who will advance to the national and final round of the competition. Workshops, lectures, portfolio reviews, studio shoots and more will be offered, with world-renowned Magnum photographers Alex Webb, Bruce Gilden, and Constantine Manos, along with poet and photographer Rebecca Norris Webb, National Geographic’s Maggie Steber and celebrity portrait and sport photographer Mark Mann.

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