News and Announcements

Leica Announces Price Increases for 2015

January 2, 2015

Leica Camera has announced new pricing on certain products for 2015. For all sport optics products, the new pricing is in effect immediately. For photography equipment, the new pricing goes into effect on Febru...

Leica Announces T Firmware Update 1.3

Josh Lehrer

December 18, 2014

Today, Leica Camera has announced a firmware update for the Leica T (Typ 701): version 1.3. The firmware update enhances functionality and improves performance along with changing a few menu settings.The ne...

Leica Responds to Sensor Issue in M9, M9-P, M-E and M Monochrom

David Farkas

December 10, 2014

Leica has issued an official statement regarding the sensor corrosion issue on the Truesense KAF-18500 sensor used in the M9, M9-P, M-E and M Monochrom. Basically, the issue is that if the coating on the cover glass gets damaged (from wet cleaning or condensat...

Leica M Edition “Leica 60” Unboxing

David Farkas

November 26, 2014

The Leica M Edition "Leica 60" became the darling of this past Photokina. Leica had the audacity to launch a digital camera with no LCD screen and no menus, epitomizing Leica's rallying cry of Das Wesentliche, ...

Help Us Make Red Dot Forum Better and Win a Leica Swag Bag

David Farkas

November 24, 2014

We'd love to get your feedback on how you like Red Dot Forum, our new site design and our content. We also welcome your feedback on how we can make the site even better. Please take a couple of minutes to answe...

Leica X Edition Moncler Unboxing

David Farkas

November 21, 2014

Leica Store Miami received its first delivery of the limited edition Leica X Edition Moncler today, so we had an opportunity to do a little special edition unboxing. Enjoy. Click on the thumbnails below to enter into the image gallery.If you want to ge...

Leica D-Lux (Typ 109) now shipping in the USA

David Farkas

November 20, 2014

The first batch of the highly anticipated Leica D-Lux (Typ 109) has just started to ship in the United States. Leica Store Miami expects to have the cameras in stock tomorrow (Friday, November 21), so if you pl...

Adobe Lightroom 5.7 Released with Support for New Leica Cameras

Josh Lehrer

November 19, 2014

Today, Adobe released the latest version of its popular image editing software, Lightroom 5.7. This update adds support for the following Leica Cameras:Leica D-Lux (Typ 109) Leica V-Lux (Typ 114) Leica X ...

New Firmware Released For Leica M8, M9, M9-P, M-E, M Monochrom, M (Typ 240) and M-P (Typ 240)

David Farkas

November 15, 2014

Leica has released updated firmware for all digital M camera models from the M8 to the M-P (Typ 240) in order to support the recently announced updated line of Summarit-M lenses. Hopefully, this means that the new lenses will start shipping soon.To make th...

Leica Announces Instant Savings Vouchers on M (Typ 240) and Select M Lenses

Josh Lehrer

November 14, 2014

Beginning Saturday, November 15, 2014 and running through January 31, 2015, Leica Camera is offering a $750 instant voucher towards the purchase of a brand new Leica M (Typ 240) in black or silver chrome, and a...

Price Reduction on Leica Summarit-M f/2.5 Lenses

Josh Lehrer

October 23, 2014

Having announced a line of redesigned Summarit-M Lenses at Photokina, Leica is now in the process of phasing out the current f/2.5 Summarit lens line. This means that Leica Store Miami is able to offer these ex...

Adobe Camera Raw 8.7 Released with Support for New Leica Products

Peter Dooling

October 6, 2014

Today, Adobe released Camera Raw 8.7 and DNG Converter 8.7 RC (release candidate) with support for the following Leica products:Leica V-Lux (Typ 114) Leica SUMMICRON-S 100 mm f/2 ASPH (Leica S)The CC and CS6 versions of ACR are available on Adobe's ...