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According to a report from Red Dot Forum by Leica Store Miami, Leica will increase the price of most of its products in the US starting May 1st. The site has published a list of the 66 products that will become more expensive next month, which includes most Leica M cameras and nearly all M lenses—for example, the Leica M10 with chrome finish will increase in price by $400, from $6,895 to $7,295. dpreview.com »
December brings with it colder weather and early much-too-early sunsets (at least here in Seattle), as well as a chance to look back on the last twelve months. 2017 saw the continued rise of the smartphone coupled with uncertainty in the interchangeable lens and compact camera market. dpreview.com »
Can any vintage or ‘legendary’ camera brands, products, or services of the past who are interested in being revived for modern photographers please raise their hands? We need to get a head count because it seems that 2017 is the year of the revival here in the photography world and that trend continues here today with Leica’s announcement of their ‘new’ Thambar-M 90mm F2.2. thephoblographer.com »
A soft release button is usually the lowest cost item in any Leica store, but if it feels wrong screwing a $20 disk into the shutter release post of your $7000 M body help is on hand from precious metal designer Bashert Jewelry. dpreview.com »
Leica has unveiled the latest in their line of TL series cameras today with some significant improvements over the original model that was introduced back in 2014. Those improvements include a vastly (as Leica claims) improved AF system, specifically in AF-C mode, which would allow the new TL to better track and shoot action. thephoblographer.com »
If you were to tell me years ago that Leica was going to launch an instant film camera, I would've laughed pretty hard. But as Instax started to become more and more serious (and expensive) it started to make more sense. thephoblographer.com »