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Venus Optics has announced the Laowa 15mm f/2 Zero-D LM lens for Leica M mount users. The manual focus lens includes rangefinder coupling and promises excellent results for landscape, architecture, interior, street, and astrophotography.

Leica has announced a limited, special edition Q2 camera in collaboration with The Walt Disney Corporation that pays homage to Walt Disney himself, who 100 years ago began his journey in animated filmmaking.

Chinese lens manufacturer Zhong Yi Optics has announced the Mitakon Creator 28mm f/5.6 lens, a $299 recreation of the Leica Summaron M 28mm f/5.6 which the company says has a "faithful adherence to the original lens characteristics while maintaining an affordable price for photographers".

Leica has announced the new Vario Elmar SL 100-400mm f/5-6.3 lens, which is now the longest lens in its SL-series lineup. It is also joined by a new 1.4x extender that extends its reach even further.

Leica has announced the winners of its fourth annual Leica Women Foto Project Award. The announcement arrives on International Women's Day, an annual global holiday celebrating the wide-ranging achievements of women.

Alabama-based photographer and engineer Destin Sandin of the YouTube channel SmarterEveryDay recently visited KameraStore in Finland. Sandin, whose videos deliver in-depth technical information in an entertaining and understandable way, learned about Kamerastore's specialized restoration and testing process, which includes using period-appropriate machinery.

On the eve of Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, Xiaomi has finally unveiled its plans to launch its 13 Pro flagship to markets outside of China, where the device first debuted in December 2022.

Leica is adding to its list of James Bond-themed cameras with a new D-Lux 7 007 edition to accompany the "Photographs from the James Bond Archive" exhibition that is on display at Leica Gallery in London until March 21.

Leica cameras have long held a special allure for many photographers and the brand's prestige is arguably unmatched in the photography world. For avid photographer Douglas So, his love for Leica and photography is too big to keep to himself.

During the century-or-so that film was the dominant medium in photography, a handful of cameras made a mark deeper than the rest and became legendary for their impact and legacy. One of these was the Leica M3.

Leica is expanding the native lens support for its L-mount SL-System cameras, the SL2 and the SL2-S, with the addition of the Summicron-SL 35mm f/2 ASPH and the Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 ASPH.

Techart has released its second generation Leica M to Nikon Z autofocus adapter that it says has become advanced enough to support full autofocus during video recording.

Leica. The name conjures notions of luxury, history, quality, and precision. This especially applies to Leica’s M-mount lenses. While some of Leica’s latest camera bodies like the M11 have gathered praise, the lenses have set the industry gold standard.

A team of photographers built a super fast f/0.3 29mm lens from a Leitz projector lens to shoot a beautiful short film.

If you're primarily a digital photographer with an itch to return to your roots or a film photographer who appreciates the tech as much as the image, Barnack Leica's are a fun way to see what it was like to take photographs almost a century ago with one of the world's most innovative and celebrated camera designs.

Pergear has announced a 14mm f/2.8 manual focus ultra-wide rectilinear lens for full-frame Sony, Nikon, Canon, and Leica mirrorless cameras.

7Artisans has announced a new large-aperture prime lens for the Leica M Mount, the M35mm f/2 Mark II, an updated model of its previous 35mm f/2 for Leica rangefinders that has since been discontinued.

A group of four robbers, at least one of them armed, stole $178,000 in camera equipment and caused $20,000 in damage to the Leica Store near Union Square in San Francisco over the weekend.

A prototype Leica Noctilux 50mm f/1.2 from 1964 is expected to sell for $500,000 at the Leitz Photographica Auction next week. The rare lens informed the design of the first mass-produced 35mm lens to feature aspherical elements which was introduced in 1966.

Leica has announced a new luxury camera wrapping cloth made from a handcrafted "Italian hair sheep napa leather" that is designed to protect the Leica M, Q, its compact cameras, and compact binoculars.

Leica has announced a new special edition Leica Q2 camera called the "Ghost" in collaboration with Hodinkee -- one of the most popular websites for watches and horology.

Leica has announced the Leitz Phone 2, a successor to the Leitz Phone 1 that it launched in 2021. The new model has more than twice the resolution, which the company claims is the largest sensor ever in a smartphone.

High-end photography accessory maker Oberwerth has announced a new leather case for the Leica M11 rangefinder that has a secret compartment in the base that hides an Apple AirTag.

Leica innovated the heck out of the camera with the Leica 1 back in 1925, breaking new ground with the Leica 2 and then the M3. However, not so much in recent years and I argue the "classic" M is now actually holding back Leica's innovation.

In a reveal of a previously "hidden project," Xiaomi says that while it was developing the 12S Ultra, it was working on something else that was far more ambitious: a smartphone that can accept full-size Leica M-mount lenses.