Category Archives: Leica

The full frame Noktor HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 lens will be for Leica M mount

By PR admin | Published: August 2, 2011

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:

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Panasonic working on a new Leica branded 25mm f/1.4 lens for MFT

By PR admin | Published: May 12, 2011

I was busy with my Fuji X100 vs. Leica X1 review today and still have some catching up to do: in an interview today, Panasonic UK confirmed that they are working on a new, Leica branded, 25mm f/1.4 lens for Micro Four Thirds: “Q: And there’s a new lens to go with the G3 isn’t there? [...]

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Financial results from the major photography companies are out

By PR admin | Published: February 4, 2011

Hoya (Pentax): “Net sales were up 1.5% to 108,449 million yen year-on-year, and operating income rose 4.7% to19,897 million yen. Net income was up 12.0% to 13,210 million yen, and earnings per share were 30.62 yen compared with27.24 yen in the same period last year. The profit of the camera business also exceeded our expectations this quarter due to the channel [...]

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Ricoh confirms the Leica mount module for GXR

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2011

Today Ricoh Japan confirmed the upcoming Leica mount module for the GXR system: 23.6mm × 15.7mm, APS-C size, 12.9MP, CMOS sensor Newly developed focal plane shutter No model name yet for the module Expected Release Fall 2011 A prototype will be displayed at the CP+ show in Japan (February 9-12, 2011)

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All you need to know about Photokina

By PR admin | Published: August 15, 2010

Photokina is the biggest show for photography equipment that takes place every 2 years in Cologne, Germany. This year Photokina will be between September 21- 26. Here is a summary of all rumors, predictions and expectations for the main players in the industry: Canon: Canon G12 is a given, based on previous release patterns (they release a new version [...]

Also posted in Canon, Metz, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Samsung, Samyang, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, Zeiss | 5 Comments

Rayqual to offer Sony E mount adapters for Nikon, Pentax, Canon and Leica

By PR admin | Published: May 21, 2010

Rayqual to offer Sony E mount adapters for Nikon, Pentax, Canon and Leica lenses. The adapters are expected to be available in July, 2010. For more details visit DC.watch. This will make the Sony NEX cameras comparable to the m4/3 system cameras that already have all kinds of adapters available.

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Photo rumors from around the web

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2010

Tomorrow is Sony’s day: the new NEX3 and NEX5 EVIL Alpha cameras will be unveiled. New Samsung HZ50W ( model WB5500 in Europe) point and shoot camera is coming soon. The rumored specs are: Samsung CMOS sensor Sensor size: 1/2.33″ Resolution: 14.5MPx (4400×3300) Pixel: 1.10um Transfer rate: 15fps Maybe the Samsung NX5 will be announced [...]

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Tomorrow is Leica’s day

By PR admin | Published: April 19, 2010

Tomorrow Leica will announce their new V-Lux 20 p&s camera: The camera is based on the Panasonic ZS-7 (model TZ-10 in Europe). More details available on LeicaRumors.com.

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News/Rumors/Links recap

By PR admin | Published: April 9, 2010

“Flip Slide HD” camcorder coming soon. Samsung laptop webcams will shoot 1080p video – CMOS sensor can now record 1080p video at 30fps. Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fisheye lens for Olympus (4/3 bayonet mount) now available for sale on eBay. Samyang also announced some new lenses (source): Samyang 14mm f/2.8 ED IF Aspherical [...]

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Ricoh GXR prototypes shown in Japan

By PR admin | Published: March 11, 2010

DC Watch has multiple pictures of different Ricoh GXR prototypes shown on the CP+ Camera and Imaging Show 2010 in Japan. One of them is the previously rumored 28-300mm GXR cartridge: On display was also a Ricoh GXR A12 28mm f/2.5 cartridge and Ricoh GXR Leica mount cartridge: as well as Ricoh GXR Hasselblad cartridge:

Also posted in Hasselblad, Ricoh | Tagged | 27 Comments