I just posted this on PhotoRumors and seems that the upcoming EVIL camera from Sigma will have a M mount (unless there is an adapter between the lens and the camera – it’s hard to tell from those pictures):
Update: false alarm, this is a DIY project – you can read the details here.
Update: there will also be a Leica price increase in the UK.
This is the full list of Leica products that will be impacted by the latest US price increase:
Summarit-S 1:2.5/35 ASPH.CS (E82)
Summarit-S 1:2.5/35 ASPH (E82)
Summarit-S 1:2.5/70 ASPH (E82)
APO-Macro-Summarit-S 1:2.5/120 CS (E72)
APO-Macro-Summarit-S 1:2.5/120 (E72)
APO-Tele-Elmar-S 1:3.5/180 CS (E72)
APO-Tele-Elmar-S 1:3.5/180 (E72)
S-Camera Universal Screen
S-Camera Screen with Grid
S-Body Premium Service
S-Body Platinum Service
X1 VF 36mm
Leica MP 0.72 Silver
Leica MP 0.72 Black
Leica M7 Black (0.72)
Leica M7 Silver (0.72)
Leica M7 Starter Set Black (0.72) w 50mm/f2.0
24mm / f3.8 ASPH. (E46)
Hood 21mm / f2.8 ASPH. & 24mm / f2.8 ASPH.
Hood 16-18-21mm / f4.0 ASPH. (11626)
Cap 50/2.8 Black
Series 7 UV/IR Filter
Series 8 UV/IR Filter
Adapter E49 to E67 for Universal polarizing filter M
Adapter for 135mm lens (11889) for Pol. Filter (13356)
Adapter E67 for 16-18-21 / f4.0
Adapter for 24mm/f1.4 to accept E72 Filter
Adapter for 21mm/f1.4 to accept E82 Filter
Adapter from E60 to E82 to use a polarizer on the Noctilux
Filter Holder for 18mm/f3.8
You can still buy most of those items on Amazon or Adorama for the the old prices.
In addition to the $400 price hike for the Leica MP and M7 cameras, the following lenses will also have a price increase:
Most S lenses (some of them not yet available) will get an aprox. $500 price increase:
The Leica X1 36mm VF may also get a price increase.
I just confirmed with Leica and B&H that the MP and M7 cameras will now cost $4,995 in the US ($400 price increase)S :
If you hurry, you can still get a black MP at Adorama for the old price of $4,595. A black M7 is also still available for the old price.
Amazon currently still has two Leica MP cameras for $4,595. Several Leica M7 cameras are aslo available.
Update: some Leica S lenses and at least one M lens will also be getting a price increase. I am trying to confirm this information.
Leica Camera Inc. is discontinuing the Leica Student/Educator Program with immediate effect. Leica Camera Inc. will honor all written pre-approved applicants who have not received their ordered products yet. No new orders will be accepted under the Leica Student/Educator Program. The program was available in the US and Canada.
I’m Chris Peterson, editor and publisher of Glacier Park Magazine, an ad-free quarterly magazine of Glacier National Park, a million-acre wildlife preserve in Northwest Montana. The Park celebrated its 100th birthday in 2010 and in commemoration of that birthday I did a 100-mile hike in the Park, from the southern end to the north end (111.5 miles to be exact).
On the journey I lugged two cameras and several lenses. For wildlife and birds I carried a Nikon D300 and 200-400 AFS lens at all times on a monopod (it was like a 10-pound cherry on top of a bulging 45-pound pack).
I also carried my coveted Leica M9 with a 50 mm summicron and 21 mm elmarit aspherical. The 21 is a fantastically sharp lens and perfect for the Park’s tight glacier-carved valleys. The 50 mm is a wonderful all-around lens, but alas, I set it down on the very first day and forgot to pick it up. It sat there for 14 days before I swung around later and found it sitting along the trail right where I left it. Despite being rained on several times, the lens was no worse for the wear (try that with an autofocus slr lens).
