News and Announcements

Leica Releases New Trinovid HD 32 Binoculars

May 16, 2017

Today, Leica has released two new binoculars in their popular Trinovid line: the Leica Trinovid 8x32 HD and Trinovid 10x32 HD. Compared to the Trinovid HD 42 line, the HD 32's are smaller and lighter and featur...

Leica Prices Going up on May 1st

David Farkas

April 20, 2017

On May 1st, prices on a bunch of Leica products are going up. For the most part, the increases aren't major, and don't impact all products across the board. The entire SL System is unchanged. S lenses remain th...

Sound Devices Announces New MixPre-3 and MixPre-6 Audio Recorder/Mixers

David Farkas

April 19, 2017

Today, Sound Devices announced a new line of audio recorder/mixers, the MixPre. The MixPre is aimed squarely at videographers, YouTubers and podcasters, with features and sound quality that will still appeal to musicians, sound designers and field recordists a...

Leica Announces Fix for S-Lens Focus Motors

David Farkas

April 3, 2017

Today, Leica has issued an official statement regarding the focus motor issue that has plagued S-Lenses for the last year or so. After engineering a new motor assembly, the QA team had to make absolutely sure t...

New Lightroom Tethered Plug-In v1.2.0.759 Available for Leica M, S and SL Cameras

David Farkas

March 13, 2017

Leica has released a new version of their Adobe Lightroom Tethered Plug-in, version 1.2.0.759. The plug-in supports the following cameras and allows tethered shooting over USB directly into Lightroom: Leic...

Adobe Lightroom CC 2015.9 and Camera Raw 9.9 Updates Released with Leica M10 Support

David Farkas

March 7, 2017

Today, Adobe released updates for both Lightroom CC and Camera Raw. In the release notes, Adobe notes that the Leica M10 has been added to the list of supported cameras. This is a bit confusing, as Adobe previously reported back on January 25th that Lightroom ...

Firmware Ver 1.3.4.0 for Leica M10 Released

David Farkas

February 14, 2017

Today, less than a month after release, Leica has issued a firmware update for the Leica M10.You can download the firmware here: Leica M10 Firmware 1.3.4.0. These aren't fixes for anything egregious. Rather,...

Leica M10 Released: The Ultimate Digital Rangefinder

Josh Lehrer

January 18, 2017

Today, Leica has released its long-awaited successor to the incredibly popular (and revolutionary in its own right) M (Typ 240) series of digital rangefinders: the Leica M10. Building on over 60 years of M rang...

Live Coverage from the Leica “A Celebration of Photography” Event in Wetzlar

David Farkas

January 17, 2017

Keep it tuned to Red Dot Forum for full event coverage from Leica's headquarters at Leitz Park in Wetzlar, Germany. I arrived earlier today and am excited to attend tomorrow night's "A Celebration of Photography" event, honoring legendary photographer Joel Mey...

Leica Firmware Updates for T (Typ 701) & TL Cameras

Josh Lehrer

January 12, 2017

Today, Leica has released firmware updates for both the T (Typ 701) and TL digital cameras. The firmware is designed to fix a bug that causes the camera to freeze up when the Leica APO-Macro-Elmarit-TL 60mm f/2...

Leica SL (Typ 601) Firmware Version 2.2 Released

Josh Lehrer

December 13, 2016

Today, Leica has released firmware version 2.2 for the SL (Typ 601) mirrorless full-frame digital camera. The new firmware offers stability and performance improvements along with compatibility for the latest t...

Leica Releases Firmware Ver 1.6 for T (Typ 701)

Josh Lehrer

December 6, 2016

Today, Leica has released new firmware for the T (Typ 701) camera. Firmware version 1.6 improves auto focus speed in continuous mode, supports the new TL app, allows for image stabilization to be used with SL lenses, and brings full compatibility with R lenses...