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Leica Unveils 3 New Wide-Angle M Lenses

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Leica-Lenses---January-2016

Leica has announced three new wide-angle lenses for M mount cameras:

The Elmarit-M 28mm f/2.8 is a very compact profile at just over an inch long. All of the lenses feature a minimum focusing distance of 2.3′. Each lens ships with an all-metal lens hood and a metal lens cap. The new Summicron-M 35mm lens is also available in a silver finish. You can pre-order each of the lenses via the links above.

 

Leica SL Firmware Update ver. 1.2

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Leica SL

Leica has released firmware version 1.2 for the new Leica SL with the following improvements:

  • Optimization of picture quality at ISO values from 50 to 400
  • Improvements to the image in the electronic viewfinder
  • Greater flexibility when entering WLAN passwords
  • Leica Log Gamma curve (L-Log) for video available for in-camera 8-bit recording

To access the firmware update, registered camera users can log into the Leica owner’s area of the Leica website and download the firmware version at: https://owners.leica-camera.com. Leica users can also take their camera to a Leica store and take advantage of the free update installation service.

Check Out this $40K Leica S 4K Cinema Camera

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Leica S 4K Camera-4

When Leica announced that is new S (Type 007) medium format camera would should 4K video, we all thought that was pretty cool to get 4K capture with 4:2:2 color on the large 30 x 45mm CMOS sensor. However, I had not seen one decked out as a cinema camera until this one on display at the Leica booth at PhotoPlus 2014. [Read more…]