Category Archives: Leica

Leica coming out with a Mini M camera on June 11

Leica will be announcing a new Mini M camera on June 11, 2013. The information I received is that the new camera will be made in Germany and it will not be based on an existing Panasonic model. Folow LeicaRumors for the latest updates.

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2013 NAB show: new Canon and Leica products

For the 2013 NAB show, Leica is expected to announce new line of Summicron-C cinema prime lenses which will be priced under the current Summilux-C series. Canon is rumored to announce a new cinema camera that will be placed between the EOS C100 and EOS C300 models and it will be available with both PL […]

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The latest list of discontinued cameras

Those are the latest cameras listed as discontinued at B&H: Leica M9 Leica M9-P Leica D-Lux 5 Ricoh CX5 Sony a57 Sony NEX-5N Nikon Coolpix AW100 waterproof camera Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Canon PowerShot S100 Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W3 camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1 3D camera (are 3D cameras officially dead already?) Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 Panasonic […]

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Leica M, M-E, S, D-Lux 6, V-Lux 4, new lenses and adapters announced

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 […]

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BIG day tomorrow: Canon, Fuji, Leica, Olympus and Panasonic announcements

   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, […]

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First Leica M10 spy shots

  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

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

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

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

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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