Category Archives: Leica

First Leica M10 spy shots

By PR admin | Published: July 13, 2012

  In case you are not following LeicaRumors – those could be the first spy shots of the upcoming Leica M10 camera.

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Those are the new Leica products

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2012

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  

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Fujifilm displays M-mount adapter for X-Pro1 camera at the CP+ show in Japan

By PR admin | Published: February 9, 2012

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:

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Ricoh GXR Mount A12 for Leica M mount lens to be released soon

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2011

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.

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More images of the Ricoh GXR Leica M-mount APS-C module

By PR admin | Published: August 5, 2011

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:

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Ricoh GXR Leica M-mount APS-C module coming on September 9th, detailed specs are out

By PR admin | Published: August 4, 2011

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:

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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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