News and Announcements

Leica Officially Ending 12% Exchange Rate Savings Program on May 10, 2016

April 18, 2016

In 2015, Leica Camera USA announced a special pricing promotion to compensate for the weakness of the Euro versus the US Dollar, cutting retail pricing on nearly all photographic equipment by 12%. That promotio...

Leica SL (Typ 601) Firmware Version 2.0 Released – A look at what’s changed

Josh Lehrer

April 14, 2016

Today, Leica has released a major new firmware update for the SL (Typ 601): Version 2.0. This firmware incorporates a considerable number of new features, enhancements, stability improvements and bug fixes. Bef...

Leica S (Typ 007) Firmware Version 3.0.0.0 Released

David Farkas

April 6, 2016

Today, Leica has released a major firmware update for the latest S (Typ 007). This release adds in features that I have wanted since first testing the camera in Iceland last summer. Here's the full rundown of improvements:Lens update starts automatically w...

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

David Farkas

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, with a little tweaking to an already great design...

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...

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...

Firmware 1.5 For Leica T (Typ 701) Now Available

Josh Lehrer

February 4, 2016

Leica has released a new firmware version for the T (Typ 701) camera: version 1.5. The firmware adds a major new feature that allows users to connect an iOS or Android device directly to the T via Wi-Fi, instead of needing an existing Wi-Fi network, when using...

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 with screw-on rectangular metal shades, more robust ...