David Farkas, Author at Red Dot Forum

Leica Adds Three More SL Prime Lenses to Roadmap

September 26, 2018

At the press event today, Leica announced three new SL lenses. Slated to be released in 2020, these new optics will add fast, wide-angle primes to the system. With focal lengths of 21, 24 and 28mm, all lenses f...

Photokina 2018: Day 0 – Leica Press Event

David Farkas

September 25, 2018

Alright, so Photokina 2018 hasn't actually started yet. But that didn't stop Leica from making a bunch of announcements today at their special press event. I arrived at the event in time to get my ticket with t...

Leica Announces CL in Silver Anodized Finish

David Farkas

September 25, 2018

Today, just ahead of the start of Photokina 2018, Leica has announced that its popular Leica CL mirrorless camera will soon be available in a silver anodized finish. All the technical specifications and feature...

Leica Announces L-Mount Alliance with Panasonic and Sigma

David Farkas

September 25, 2018

Today at a special press conference the day before Photokina 2018, Leica announced a new strategic alliance with partners Panasonic and Sigma. The L-Mount Alliance seeks to create cameras and lenses around the ...

Leica Releases New FOTOS App for Wi-Fi Connectivity

David Farkas

September 25, 2018

Today, Leica Camera has announced the Leica FOTOS app. A brand new mobile app for iOS and Android, the Leica FOTOS app provides support for almost all Wi-Fi enabled Leica camera models. This is a dramatic chang...

Leica Announces Black Sofort Instant Camera

David Farkas

September 21, 2018

Today, Leica has announced a new color option for the Sofort Instant Camera. The Leica Sofort in black shares all the same specs as its orange, mint and white versioned siblings. Not exactly the big Photokina a...

Stay Tuned for Full Photokina 2018 Coverage

David Farkas

September 12, 2018

Photokina is here again. In two weeks, the biggest photo equipment expo in the world gets underway.I will be heading off to Cologne, Germany for what should be another great show. As I have done for the pas...

Leica C-Lux Now Shipping in the USA

David Farkas

July 20, 2018

The first shipment of the new Leica C-Lux has just landed here in the US. Unveiled at the Celebration of Photography event at the Leitzpark 3 Opening in Germany last month, the C-Lux is a full-featured compact...

2018 MacBook Pro 15″ with 6-core i9 Shows Severe Thermal Throttling

David Farkas

July 18, 2018

Not sure this is the info you guys wanted, but it is unfortunately what I was afraid of when looking at the specs of the new 2018 MacBook Pro 15" refresh...Well-respected computer reviewer Dave Lee (Dave2...

Apple Updates MacBook Pro to 8th Gen Processors

David Farkas

July 12, 2018

Finally. For months, Apple users have been expecting a 2018 refresh to the MacBook Pro, last updated in 2016. And today, Apple has addressed at least some of the community's desires for the 13 inch and 15 inch ...

New Firmware for Leica M10, Q, CL, TL2, TL, and T

David Farkas

June 30, 2018

Ordinarily, Leica rolls out firmware updates one camera, or at least one camera system, at a time. But for this round, multiple product teams coordinated their efforts, resulting in five cameras getting firmwar...

Firmware Ver 1.4 for Leica TL2 Released

David Farkas

June 29, 2018

Today, Leica has released updated firmware for the Leica TL2. This update adds a ton of additional functionality to the TL2, including additional customization options, focus peaking, additional video capabilit...

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