Leica Price Increase Coming April 1, 2021

David Farkas
3
Today, Leica has announced an upcoming price increase going into effect April 1, 2021. While impacting nearly every current product, the increases are not uniform across the board. The amount will vary on a pe...

Leica Price Increase Coming Jan 1, 2020

Kirsten Vignes
1
Leica has announced an upcoming price increase, going into effect on January 1, 2020. This price increase affects most Leica products, from cameras and lenses to accessories like batteries and lens caps. On av...

Leica CL Review: The Perfect Travel Camera

David Farkas
32
When the Leica CL was introduced a little over a year ago, the APS-C mirrorless camera joined an already full Leica roster, sharing many similarities with its siblings. Functionally equivalent to the then very recently launched TL2, but with familiar design e...

Leica CL Mirrorless Camera Introduced

David Farkas
8
Today, Leica has expanded their APS-C offerings with a new interchangeable lens mirroless system camera - the Leica CL. With similar specifications to the recently launched Leica TL2, the CL trades in the pure ...

Leica Elmarit-TL 18mm f/2.8 ASPH Pancake Lens Announced

David Farkas
Today, in addition to the Leica CL announcement, Leica has also introduced a new TL lens - the Leica Elmarit-TL 18mm f/2.8  ASPH, in both black and silver. This APS-C sized lens in Leica's new L mount, sets new standards for wide-angle performance in an incred...

New Leica TL Lenses Announced

David Farkas
4
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...

Firmware Version 1.43 for Leica T (Typ 701) Now Available

David Farkas
Leica has released a new version of firmware for the T (Typ 701). This update focuses on two areas. The first is speed. The new firmware promises to deliver much faster autofocus with T lenses, displays live view with less delay, and improves touchscreen respo...