News and Announcements

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

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...

Leica Announces Noctilux-M 75mm f/1.25 ASPH

David Farkas

November 29, 2017

Today, Leica has announced a new M lens, the Noctilux-M 75mm f/1.25 ASPH. The fastest 75mm lens Leica has ever produced. At first blush, this lens seems an odd decision. But, the idea of a 75mm Noctilux isn't s...

Firmware Ver 1.2 for Leica TL2 Released

David Farkas

November 28, 2017

Today, Leica has released updated firmware for the Leica TL2. The new firmware adds support for the newly introduced Elmarit-TL 18mm f/2.8 ASPH pancake lens. You can read more about the new lens here:Leica ...

Leica Updates Sensor Corrosion Upgrade Pricing

David Farkas

November 27, 2017

Leica has updated their pricing on the CCD Sensor Corrosion Upgrade Program. The main changes here are increases to the upgrade cost to the M (Typ 240), M-P (Typ 240) and the M Monochrom (Typ 246). There are no price changes for M (Typ 262), SL and Q upgrades,...