Today, Leica has announced the highly anticipated M11 Monochrom. Now in its fourth generation, the purpose-built black and white digital camera from Leica is based off the exceptional M11 digital rangefinder p...
Along with the upcoming April 1, 2021 price increase, Leica has announced new pricing across the board for its CCD Sensor Corrosion Upgrade Program. Just as we reported last year, corroded M9 sensors can no lo...
Since publishing the my B&W ISO Showdown last year, a new Leica Monochrom contender has entered the ring. And it's not an M. The Q2 Monochrom is the first non-M camera to get the purely black and white treatment under the hood. When I first tested it out ...
Shortly after the M Monochrom (Typ 246) was introduced back in early 2015, I published an article comparing it to an M (Typ 240) with its color files converted to black and white to see if high ISO performance...
Today, Leica Camera has announced a limited run Leica M Monocrhom (Ty 246) to pay homage to the 150 year anniversary of Ernst Leitz taking over management of the Optical Institute in Wetzlar, Germany. The new ...
Today, Leica has announced a new special edition camera set, the Leica M Monochrom "Signature" by Andy Summers. Designed with guitar legend and former member of The Police Andy Summers, the camera is definitely striking. From the high-gloss black finish with...
Today, Leica has released a new special edition camera, the Leica M Monochrom "Drifter." This is the second collaboration between Leica Camera and musician, photographer, and recording artist Lenny Kravitz. Th...
At the end of 2014, Leica officially acknowledged the CCD sensor corrosion problem that started appearing on many M9, M9-P, M Monochrom and M-E camera bodies. The corrosion issue, identified by unusual spots on...
My colleagues and I are often asked “What do you shoot with?”and what we take with us when we shoot (not to mention how we choose from a seemingly limitless number of camera bags). Being exposed to the full line-up of Leica gear on a daily basis, we have a sol...
On May 1, 2018 Leica is increasing prices on a range of products by an average of about 5%. Affected products include most M bodies (film and digital), nearly all M lenses, the black Q, TL2, S (Typ 007), many S...
As we recently reported, the newly released Leica M Monochrom 'Jim Marshall' Set has just started shipping. We were able to briefly get our hands on one of the first ones, thanks to its very generous owner, and...
As we previously reported in early 2015, Leica began offering special upgrade pricing to owners of CCD-based M cameras who experience sensor corrosion. While some users have opted to just get their sensors replaced and wait for their cameras to come back from ...