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Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens officially announced

The Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens is now officially announced and available for pre-order at Leica Store Miami Leica Store San Francisco. Popflash Adorama B&H   Few sample images taken with the new Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens can be found here. Technical specifications: Technical specifications LEICA SUMMARON-M 28mm f/5.6 Angle of view (diagonal, horizontal, […]

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The new Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens now available for pre-order in the US (deposit required)

The new Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens is now available for pre-order at the Leica Store San Francisco. Leica is handling the ordering a little differently with this lens: 10% of the total cost of the lens is required in order to pre-order. The remaining sum will be charged once the lens is ready to […]

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This is the new Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens

I have been reporting for a while about the new Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens and it seems that we are now getting very close to the official announcement – the lens is already listed or sale at an authorized European Leica dealer. The new version will be 2cm long, it will have 6-bit coding and […]

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Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens proof of life

I reported the first rumors about a new Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens back in May. It seems that we are now getting closer to the official announcement of this lens because the product page already exists: if you go to http://de.leica-camera.com/Fotografie/Leica-M/M-Objektive/Summaron-M-1-5,6-28-mm you will get access denied page (403 Forbidden): instead of the regular “404 not found” […]

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More info on the upcoming Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens

Some more information on the upcoming/rumored Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens: The new Summaron is the same design as the old one Updated coatings Same size and weight as the original version (see specs below) Likely to be part of a new family of lenses Will nor compete with the currently available Leica M lens designs […]

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Leica rumored to announce a new Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens

Leica is rumored to announce a new Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens. Summaron is an old lens design that dates back to 1954 (see Summaron lens listings on eBay):

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