If you are not following LeicaRumors, this is what Leica announced today: Leica M9-P Hermes limited edition ($50,000) Leica M9 Monochrom B&W digital rangefinder ($7,195) Leica X2 compact digital camera ($1,995) Leica V-Lux 40 point and shoot camera ($699) Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M Aspherical lens ($7,195) New medium format S lenses and Hasselblad H-system lens adapter
At the CES 2012 show Fujifilm confirmed the upcoming X-Pro1 adapter for Leica-M lenses. A prototype is currently on display at the CP+ show in Japan:
Yesterday B&H started taking pre-orders for the new Ricoh GXR A12 unit for Leica M mount lenses. This is a good indication that a shipment is on its way to the store (B&H won’t start taking pre-orders otherwise). Some more pictures of the unit can be seen over at LeicaRumors; Thephoblographer, Outbackphoto and Ricoh have published some sample [...]
Ricoh (who recently bought Pentax for $124.2 million) officially released the GXR Leica M-mount APS-C module. The price of the unit will be $649. Here are some more images of the unit and the official press release:
The Ricoh GXR Leica M-mount cartridge will be available on September 9th, 2011. The price is still unknown but you can find detailed features description and full technical specs at Fotointern:
SLRMagic confirmed to Photorumors that the full frame Noktor HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 lens will come with a Leica M mount. Here is a picture of the actual prototype on a M9 body:
