A silver Leica M10 prototype camera #N08 is currently listed for sale on eBay together with a matching 50mm Noctilux f/0.95 ASPH with the same serial number (N08). The price is $34,995. Update – this camera is fake: Warning: the Leica M10 N08 camera prototype listed for sale on eBay for $35k is fake […]
The Chap Olympiad and 50mm Noctilux by Roy James Shakespeare The Noctilux f0.95 is a bitch of a lens to use, top heavy, cumbersome, ugly, and a little bit of a monster to control. Discipline and patience is needed to tame this beast, with love and nurturing. I like to shoot directly into the sun […]
The first news is that Leica released a new firmware update for all of their Leica M cameras with added support for the latest two lenses: Support for the new Thambar-M 90 f/2.2 Support for the new Noctilux-M 75 f/1.25 ASPH A Bug, that lead to occasional underexposure when using a flash unit, was fixed (for […]
The previously rumored Leica Noctilux-M 75mm f/1.25 ASPH lens is now officially announced. The US price is $12,795 (EU price: €11,900). Shipping is expected to start in early 2018. Pre-orders are now open: B&H Leica Store Miami Leica Store San Francisco PopFlash Park Camera (UK) The new lens has a shallower depth of focus than that of […]
Two more Leica rumors: There could be a new 35mm f/1 or f/0.95 M-mount lens. I am not sure if this will be under the Noctilux brand as I already reported a few months ago or it will be one of the new lenses from the rumored Leica-Zenit joint venture. There are also rumors about a new Andy […]
Ouch! Posted by Leica Rumors on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 In case you missed my Facebook post from three days ago – this smashed $10,995 silver Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 lens should be your reminder to never check-in your camera gear when flying:
In the past few months I have been receiving tips about various new Noctilux lenses (see this and this post). I finally realized that we are not talking about a single lens here – Leica is rumored to start a whole new separate lens line under the Noctilux name. The upcoming Noctilux-M 75mm f/1.25 ASPH could be the first in […]
