News and Announcements

The Leica M (Typ 240) Begins Shipping in the United States

February 28, 2013

At long last, the all-new Leica M (typ 240) has begun shipping in the United States. This highly anticipated camera was announced by Leica at Photokina in September of 2012 and features a host of improvem...

Leica S-System Demo Weekend at Leica Store Miami

David Farkas

February 15, 2013

As many of our readers know, Dale Photo & Digital is opening Leica Store Miami, which will be one of the premiere Leica store locations in the world. It features a 1,000 square foot gallery, workshop/studio s...

Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH Now Shipping in the USA

Josh Lehrer

January 31, 2013

Today, we received the official word from Leica USA that the highly anticipated Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH, originally announced at Leica's May 10, 2012 event, is now shipping in the United States. Initially delayed due to complex production req...

Leica S CS Lens Upgrade Program Finalized

Josh Lehrer

January 22, 2013

Today Leica has made an official statement on the status of the CS lens upgrade program (the lenses which allow you to sync with external flashes at 1/1000th of a second instead of the current 1/125th) for ...

Leica Vario-Elmar-S 1:3.5-5.6/30-90mm ASPH Lenses Begin Shipping

Josh Lehrer

January 7, 2013

Today, we have received the official word from Leica that the new Leica Vario-Elmar-S 1:3.5-5.6/30-90mm ASPH lens has begun shipping in the United States. Like many new Leica products, initial quantities...

Leica M Monochrom 2013 Calendars Now Available

Josh Lehrer

December 27, 2012

The new Leica M Monochrom 2013 Calendars are now available! The M Monochrom wall calendar features images from this year’s Montreaux Jazz Festival. All calendar images are double perforated so that they can be separated from the calendar. All images were tak...

Leica Now Offering 6-Bit Coding for the Leica APO-Telyt-M 135mm f/3.4 ASPH

David Farkas

December 20, 2012

Leica has announced that they are now offering customers the ability to have their Leica APO-Telyt-M 135mm f/3.4 ASPH lenses 6-bit coded. This is a first for Leica, as previously all 135mm lenses were so...

The New Leica S Begins Shipping in the United States

David Farkas

December 17, 2012

As of today, December 17, 2012 we have received word that the new Leica S cameras have begun shipping in the United States. This is great news for a product that Leica announced in mid September at Phot...

Leica S2 Firmware Update 1.0.4.2 Now Available

Josh Lehrer

December 7, 2012

Today, Leica has released a new firmware update for the S2 and S2-P, version 1.0.4.2. From Leica:Leica Camera has released a new firmware update (FW 1.0.4.2) for the Leica S medium-format system.The firmware update primarily addresses the use of the ...

Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH Deliveries Delayed

Josh Lehrer

November 30, 2012

Today, Leica has informed us that the new Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH, announced on May 10, has been delayed due to the "extraordinary technical requirements" of this unique lens. Since its announcement...

Leica Compact Camera Photo Walk in South Florida

Leica Store

November 21, 2012

Join Dale Photo & Digital for a Leica compact camera photo walk in South Florida on Saturday, December 1. We will have the full range of Leica compact cameras available to test including the D-Lux 6, V-Lux ...

Ninety Nine Years Leica Book – Now Available, Chronicling Leica’s Cultural Impact

Leica Store

November 20, 2012

At Photokina this year, Leica introduced an incredible new book which assembles images representing the cultural phenomenon that is Leica Camera. This book, called Ninety Nine Years Leica, limited to less than 1,500 copies in North America, is now availabl...