News and Announcements

Leica Launches New SF 60 Flash and SF C1 Wireless Remote Control

June 4, 2018

Back in February, Leica previewed their new flash system at the WPPI Conference in Las Vegas. Aimed at professionals, the new SF 60 flash and SF C1 wireless remote control unit add modern strobe capabilities to...

Leica M7 Film Camera Discontinued

David Farkas

May 24, 2018

Today marks the passing of a legend, the venerable Leica M7. First introduced in 2002 as the follow-up to the M6, the Leica M7 brought a more modern aperture priority mode and electronically-controlled shutter ...

Leica SL Firmware 3.2 Released

David Farkas

April 30, 2018

Today, Leica Camera has released firmware version 3.2 for the SL (Typ 601) full-frame mirrorless camera. Firmware 3.2 focuses on improvements specifically requested by SL owners and users. Some of the headlining user-focused features include a new ECO mode whi...

CW Sonderoptic Adds Mounts and Three More Leica M0.8 Cine Lenses to Lineup

David Farkas

April 9, 2018

Today, CW Sonderoptic, Leica Camera's sister company who makes the incredible range of Leica Cine lenses, has announced new mount options and three new lenses in its Leica M0.8 Cine Lens lineup. The M0.8 lenses...

Leica Super-Vario-Elmar-SL 16-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ASPH to Start Shipping Soon

David Farkas

April 9, 2018

At the last Photokina, Leica previewed some of the new SL lenses that they would be bringing to market. Deliveries for the 75mm and 90mm APO-Summicrons began earlier this year and now, the highly anticipated wi...

Leica Prices Increasing on May 1st

Josh Lehrer

April 4, 2018

On May 1, 2018 Leica is increasing prices on a range of products by an average of about 5%. Affected products include most M bodies (film and digital), nearly all M lenses, the black Q, TL2, S (Typ 007), many S lenses and a few other items (66 in total). To qu...

Leica Announces M Monochrom “Stealth Edition” by Marcus Wainwright

David Farkas

March 8, 2018

Today, Leica announced the special edition M Monochrom "Stealth Edition". The set was designed by Marcus Wainwright, founder and owner of fashion brand rag & bone, and includes a 35mm Summicron-M ...

Leica Previews New Flash and Wireless Transmitter

Josh Lehrer

February 28, 2018

At the WPPI Conference in Las Vegas, Leica has given us a sneak preview of a new flash and wireless transmitter. This would be Leica's first time offering a system for wireless flash triggering that incorporate...

Leica SL Firmware 3.1 Released

Josh Lehrer

February 15, 2018

Today, Leica Camera has released firmware version 3.1 for the SL (Typ 601) full-frame mirrorless camera. Firmware 3.1's primary purpose is to improve autofocus performance of the Summilux-SL 50mm f/1.4 ASPH lens (firmware 3.1 also contains new firmware for the...

Leica 75mm and 90mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL Lenses to Start Shipping Soon

David Farkas

January 15, 2018

After teasing the new range of Summicon SL prime lenses at Photokina back in September of 2016, production is ramping up so that shipment can begin next month. As originally planned, the first lenses out of the...

Leica Introduces APO Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH “LHSA” Special Edition

David Farkas

November 30, 2017

Today, Leica has announced a new special edition lens, the APO Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH "LHSA" to commemorate the International Leica Society's 50th Anniversary. Limited to 500 pieces worldwide, the special ed...

Leica Releases New Firmware for Full Range of Digital M Cameras

Josh Lehrer

November 29, 2017

Today, in conjunction with the announcement of the new Noctilux-M 75mm f/1.25 ASPH (read our coverage here), Leica has released new firmware for a number of digital M cameras to support the lens, as well as the recently-released Thambar-M 90mm f/2.2 lens (read...