Several new Leica products were announced today: Leica M Leica M-E Leica S Leica D-Lux 6 Leica V-Lux 4 Leica X2 “Edition Paul Smith” Leica X2 “à la carte” program Leica TS-APO-Elmar-S 120 mm f/5.6 ASPH lens Leica Vario-Elmar-S 30-90 mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH lens Leica Super-Elmar-S 24 mm f/3.5 ASPH lens Leica APO-Elmar-S 180 mm […]
Big day tomorrow! Before the 2012 Photokina show officially starts on Tuesday, we will have many new products announcements tomorrow: Canon: EOS 6D, Powershot G15 and Powershot S110. Leica: new M rangefinder with R lens adapter, D-Lux 6 and V-Lux 4 compact cameras, new S3 medium format. Panasonic: GH3 camera, LumixG X 35-100mm f/2.8 lens. Olympus: E-PL5, […]
In case you are not following LeicaRumors – those could be the first spy shots of the upcoming Leica M10 camera.
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.
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:
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? […]
