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What happened to the new 35mm Summilux lens?

No, the new 35mm Summilux lens is not officially announced yet. The pdf brochure is now removed from one of the international Leica sites that leaked it earlier this week. The availability date on the document was listed as “End of March 2010”. The leaked 35 lux pdf document was labeled as “info#9” and was created before […]

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Breaking news: the new Leica Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4

This link was first posted on the RFF – the official pdf for the new Leica Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 lens (Update: the PDF file was removed): The new SUMMILUX-M 35mm/f1.4 ASPH. is setting new standards in the important class of high-speed wide angle lenses. The optical design has been optimised for the use in combination […]

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Leica Summilux-M 1.4/35 ASPH lens listed as “Stopped”

This French Leica dealer has listed the Leica Summilux-M 1.4/35 ASPH lens as “Stopped” (Arrêt) on their Leica price sheet. Not sure how to interpret this, but my guess is that they can no longer order this lens from Leica. The 35 Lux has been out of stock for months @ B&H and Adorama. All rumors […]

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Leica 35mm Summilux listed as discontinued

Leica 35mm Summilux 1.4 lens is listed as discontinued on a dealer’s price list. Some dealers already have waiting lists.

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Leica 35mm Summilux-M f/1.4 ASPH lens listed as new (updated)

Update #2: here is the response I got from Digitalrev: Dear Leica Rumors, Just to clarify the post regarding the NEW 35mm Summilux-M ASPH: – The product image was mistakingly linked to the 35mm Summilux-R and has now been changed. – This is for the current 35mm Summilux-M ASPH, not the anticipated NEW one. – […]

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New Leica Summilux 35mm price

The new Leica Summilux 35mm f1.4 lens will cost 3749.- EUR. Not sure about US pricing yet, but as I menioned before (see post) it should not be much more expensive than the current model.

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New Leica 35mm Summilux M lens update

In addition to the previously posted 35mm Summilux replacement rumors I received few more bits of information: The construction of the floating element in the new 35mm Lux will not be based on the current 50mm Summilux lens. It will be similar to the floating element implementation in the latest 0,95 Noctilux lens. The new 35mm […]

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