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Leica Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400mm f/5-6.3 and Leica Extender L 1.4x

March 9, 2023

Today, Leica has introduced a super-telephoto zoom lens for the SL-System, along with a matched 1.4x teleconverter. The new Leica Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400mm f/5-6.3 offers the longest focal length and the widest...

Leica Announces New APO-Macro-Elmarit-TL 60mm f/2.8 ASPH Lens for T-System

David Farkas

September 1, 2016

Today, Leica has announced the latest lens in the TL lineup, the APO-Macro-Elmart-TL 60mm f/2.8 ASPH. Not only does the new lens feature apochromatic correction, four aspheric elements and a compact s...

Leica APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 Lens Review: Telephoto Titan for the SL (Typ 601)

David Farkas

April 6, 2016

Developing an entirely new lens lineup is no easy task. For the recently released SL, Leica focused their initial efforts on quickly launching high quality zooms for the system, in an attempt to cover the largest possible focal length range for the greatest nu...

The Bokeh Kings: A Look at 50mm M Lenses

Bill Rosauer

October 8, 2014

Wikipedia defines “Bokeh (usually pronounced Boc-ah) as the blur or aesthetic quality of the blur, in the out-of-focus areas of an image. The term comes from the Japanese word boke, which means “blur” or “haz...

Leica Announces Two New T-System Lenses

Josh Lehrer

September 16, 2014

Today, as part of their Photokina announcements, Leica has announced two new lenses for the Leica T-System. They are the Leica Super-Vario-Elmar T 11-23mm f/3.5-4.5 ASPH (equivalent to about 17-35mm on full fra...

Photokina 2008: Day 2 – Taking it easy and getting an education from Peter Karbe

David Farkas

September 24, 2008

Yesterday's post, the lack of sleep over the last few days and general jet lag finally caught up to me. I had to give in and relent to sleep and taking it easy today. I regret having to sit today on the bench as I have a lot on my agenda and there are a ton of...