
Zenit M camera and Zenitar 35mm f/1.0 lens additional information:
For LeicaRumors and PhotoRumors readers this should not be a surprise at all since I have been reporting rumors about it for over a year now – Zenit and Leica today announced a new joint production digital rangefinder camera called Zenit M (based on the Leica M Type 240). The new Zenit M will come […]
The upcoming Zenit D1 mirrorless camera will have a 42.4MP BSI CMOS sensor without AA filter with 50-25,600 ISO range. The official announcement should be in the next few days. The camera design looks very similar to the Leica SL (update: I think this is a fake – I just found the original Leica SL product picture): Stay tuned for updates. […]
In the past few months I have done multiple reports on the upcoming Zenit full-frame mirrorless digital camera (see previous Zenit coverage on LeicaRumors and PhotoRumors). We already know that Leica executives visited the Russian KMZ plant where the new Zenit camera will be produced and now we may even have some details on what exactly the new […]
I received some information that the Russian camera brand Zenit (KMZ) was in talks with at least one more major brand (other than Leica) about their upcoming new full-frame mirrorless digital camera. Leica was probably just one of several companies Zenit was considering (those rumors started on a Russian forum). It is not clear what is the final outcome, […]
Last year I already reported that the Russian camera brand Zenit is coming back to life. The company is coming with some new lenses (for example Zenitar 50mm f/0.95) and “a luxury camera” similar to Leica. Today the Russian information agency RNS reported that in 2018 Zenit will release a new full-frame mirrorless digital camera. The director of the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant where […]