David Farkas, Author at Red Dot Forum

Leica APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 Lens Review: Telephoto Titan for the SL (Typ 601)

April 6, 2016

Developing an entirely new lens lineup is no easy task. For the recently released SL, Leica focused their initial efforts on quickly launching high quality zooms for the system, in an attempt to cover the large...

Leica S (Typ 007) Firmware Version 3.0.0.0 Released

David Farkas

April 6, 2016

Today, Leica has released a major firmware update for the latest S (Typ 007). This release adds in features that I have wanted since first testing the camera in Iceland last summer. Here's the full rundown of i...

Leica Launches APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 Telephoto Zoom

David Farkas

March 16, 2016

Today, Leica Camera has officially launched the Leica APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 lens in the USA. Priced at $6,395, the lens is expected to ship in April. This will be the second SL-system lens relea...

Specially Priced Leica T (Typ 701) Promotional Bundles with 18-56mm Lens and EVF Announced

David Farkas

March 4, 2016

Today, Leica has announced special promotional pricing on two Leica T Camera System sets. The sets each come with a Leica T (Typ 701) in your choice either black or silver, a Vario-Elmar-T 18-56mm f/3.5-5.6 AS...

Newly Revised 35mm f/2 Summicron-M ASPH Lenses Start Shipping in US

David Farkas

February 29, 2016

The newly revised, and recently announced, 35mm f/2 Summicron-M ASPH lenses are starting to ship in the US, in both black and silver. The 35mm Cron has always been a solid go-to lens for the M shooter. And now,...

Leica and Huawei Announce Technology Partnership for Smartphone Photography

David Farkas

February 25, 2016

Well, this one is interesting. It seems that Leica is looking to join in on the smartphone camera party. More pictures are taken every year by smartphones than any other camera category. Zeiss has been involved...

Live View and Playback Operation Walkthrough on the Leica S (Typ 007)

David Farkas

February 16, 2016

One of the most significant changes in the Leica S (Typ 007) over the previous S (Typ 006) and S2 is the addition of Live View functionality. While purists might consider LV to be an extraneous and gimmicky fea...

Leica S (Typ 007) Tethering for Adobe Lightroom and New Image Shuttle v3.2 Now Available

David Farkas

February 15, 2016

After a few iterations of Beta plug-ins from Adobe, we now have full and stable tethering support for the Leica S (Typ 007) in Lightroom. The functionality isn't natively in Lightroom yet, so don't be looking f...

Leica SL (Typ 601) Review: A Professional Mirrorless Camera

David Farkas

January 28, 2016

I sat in my hotel room in Gießen, Germany staring at my laptop screen as night began to turn back to day. Earlier in the evening, I attended the launch event at Leitz Park for the new Leica SL (Typ 601) and was...

Adobe Lightroom 6.4 and CC 2015.4 Updated to Support Leica X-U (Typ 113) and M (Typ 262) DNG

David Farkas

January 27, 2016

In the latest updates from Adobe, Lightroom CC 2015.4 and v6.4 for those on standalone versions, official support for Leica X-U (Typ 113) and Leica M (Typ 262) DNG files have been added. Photoshop Camera Raw 9...

Leica Announces X-U (typ 113) Waterproof/Shockproof Adventure Camera

David Farkas

January 20, 2016

Today, Leica has announced a new addition to the X System: The X-U (Typ 113).This is Leica's first go at an underwater and shockproof adventure camera, and it looks to be quite the first effort. Based off o...

Leica Announces Redesign of Three M Lenses:
28mm f/2, 28mm f/2.8 and 35mm f/2

David Farkas

January 14, 2016

Today, Leica has announced the redesign of three M lenses: Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH, Elmarit-M 28mm f/2.8 ASPH and Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH. The new designs bring these standard reportage lenses up to date wi...

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