David Farkas, Author at Red Dot Forum

Leica Launches APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 Telephoto Zoom

March 16, 2016

Today, Leica Camera has officially launched the Leica APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 lens in the USA. Priced at $6,395, the lens is expected to ship in April. This will be the second SL-system lens relea...

Specially Priced Leica T (Typ 701) Promotional Bundles with 18-56mm Lens and EVF Announced

David Farkas

March 4, 2016

Today, Leica has announced special promotional pricing on two Leica T Camera System sets. The sets each come with a Leica T (Typ 701) in your choice either black or silver, a Vario-Elmar-T 18-56mm f/3.5-5.6 AS...

Newly Revised 35mm f/2 Summicron-M ASPH Lenses Start Shipping in US

David Farkas

February 29, 2016

The newly revised, and recently announced, 35mm f/2 Summicron-M ASPH lenses are starting to ship in the US, in both black and silver. The 35mm Cron has always been a solid go-to lens for the M shooter. And now,...

Leica and Huawei Announce Technology Partnership for Smartphone Photography

David Farkas

February 25, 2016

Well, this one is interesting. It seems that Leica is looking to join in on the smartphone camera party. More pictures are taken every year by smartphones than any other camera category. Zeiss has been involved...

Live View and Playback Operation Walkthrough on the Leica S (Typ 007)

David Farkas

February 16, 2016

One of the most significant changes in the Leica S (Typ 007) over the previous S (Typ 006) and S2 is the addition of Live View functionality. While purists might consider LV to be an extraneous and gimmicky fea...

Leica S (Typ 007) Tethering for Adobe Lightroom and New Image Shuttle v3.2 Now Available

David Farkas

February 15, 2016

After a few iterations of Beta plug-ins from Adobe, we now have full and stable tethering support for the Leica S (Typ 007) in Lightroom. The functionality isn't natively in Lightroom yet, so don't be looking f...

Leica SL (Typ 601) Review: A Professional Mirrorless Camera

David Farkas

January 28, 2016

I sat in my hotel room in Gießen, Germany staring at my laptop screen as night began to turn back to day. Earlier in the evening, I attended the launch event at Leitz Park for the new Leica SL (Typ 601) and was...

Adobe Lightroom 6.4 and CC 2015.4 Updated to Support Leica X-U (Typ 113) and M (Typ 262) DNG

David Farkas

January 27, 2016

In the latest updates from Adobe, Lightroom CC 2015.4 and v6.4 for those on standalone versions, official support for Leica X-U (Typ 113) and Leica M (Typ 262) DNG files have been added. Photoshop Camera Raw 9...

Leica Announces X-U (typ 113) Waterproof/Shockproof Adventure Camera

David Farkas

January 20, 2016

Today, Leica has announced a new addition to the X System: The X-U (Typ 113).This is Leica's first go at an underwater and shockproof adventure camera, and it looks to be quite the first effort. Based off o...

Leica Announces Redesign of Three M Lenses:
28mm f/2, 28mm f/2.8 and 35mm f/2

David Farkas

January 14, 2016

Today, Leica has announced the redesign of three M lenses: Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH, Elmarit-M 28mm f/2.8 ASPH and Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH. The new designs bring these standard reportage lenses up to date wi...

Adobe Lightroom 6 and CC 2015 updated to support Leica SL (Typ 601) DNG files

David Farkas

November 18, 2015

In the latest updates from Adobe, Lightroom CC 2015.3 and 6.3 for those on standalone versions, official support for Leica SL (Typ 601) DNG files has been added. Photoshop Camera Raw 9.3 is also available for ...

New Leica TL Lenses Announced

David Farkas

October 30, 2015

At the SL Launch event in Wetzlar last week, many wondered why Leica showed a graphic promoting the use of 6 T/TL lenses when only four currently exist. While nothing was officially announced at the time, I saw...

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