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Leica is rumored to announce a new film camera in October

Leica is rumored to announce a new film camera in October that will replace the current Leica MP model. A press event is already rumored for October in Germany and invitations are sent out. Leica’s social media is also already emphasizing film photography (see graphics above from the latest Leica newsletter). Other Leica products are also expected […]

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Leica reports record financial results

Leica reported record financial results for the 2021/22 financial year – the best result in the company’s more than hundred-year history. Sales increased by more than 16% to €450 million. See the details at LeicaRumors:

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Announced today: a $20k Leica M-A “Titan” limited edition film camera and a new Pentax O-GPS2 GPS unit

Leica announced a new M-A “Titan” limited edition film camera with APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH lens: Leica M-A “Titan” limited edition film camera with APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH lens announced Ricoh announced a new Pentax O-GPS2 GPS unit for Pentax DSLR cameras: Ricoh announced a new Pentax O-GPS2 GPS unit for Pentax DSLR cameras

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Leica and Panasonic formed a new alliance called L² Technology (Leica x Lumix)

Leica and Panasonic announced a new alliance called L² Technology (L squared Technology) named after the two “L” of the Leica and Lumix brands:

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Leica working on a new mirrorless medium format camera?

From LeicaRumors: Do you remember the Leica M11 launch video that potentially identified several upcoming Leica cameras? It seems that there is another possible easter egg in this particular video (or maybe just another regular prototype?): the scene with Mike Shipard also showed what looks like a Leica S mirrorless medium format camera mock-up placed […]

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Leica Q3 rumored for 2023 with a new 60MP sensor

Leica is rumored to announce a new Q3 camera in 2023 with a 60MP sensor. The current Leica Q2 models have a 47MP sensor. The new Leica M11 that was recently announced has a 60MP sensor – so a new Q3 with. 60MP sensor is quite possible:

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What else is new? (Leica edition)

New Leica camera and lens skins from Alphagvrd (for M11, Q, Q2, and SL2 cameras) The new Voigtlander HELIAR 40mm f/2.8 Aspherical lens for VM and L39 mounts is now in stock, first review posted online *UPDATED* Leica announced new M10 Monochrom and Q2 Monochrom “Fragment Edition” cameras in Japan New Leica price increase coming […]

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Leica announced a new limited-edition Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH matte black lens with a special extremely scratch-resistant paint

Today Leica announced a new robust, limited-edition version of the Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH lens in matte black finish with a special paint that is extremely scratch-resistant: Special scratch-resistant matte black paint finish Muted green-infilled engravings Built-in retractable lens hood Black lens dot Limited to 450 pieces worldwide The interesting part is that the price […]

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