LEICA Reviews
LEICA M3 and SUMMILUX 50mm f/1.4.
LEICA M
LEICA Lenses
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LEICA Screw-Mount Kameras
LEICA Kompakts: T, X, D-Lux & Minilux
LEICA Photo Galleries
The Yosemite in Springtime with the LEICA M3 16-18 May 2014
California's Gold Country Photographed with the M6 TTL April 2010
Route 66 Photographed with the LEICA M3 February 2010
Yosemite Photographed with the LEICA M9 and M3 October 2009
Death Valley Photographed with the LEICA M7 und M4-P (January 2009)
Route 66 Photographed with the LEICA M7 (February 2009)
Volcano Country Photographed with the LEICA M7 (May 2009)
Monterey Photographed with the CLE (June 2009).
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NEU: LEICA M EV1.The M EV1 is the first LEICA or LEICA M with an electronic finder.For the first time in over one hundred years of LEICA photography, we finally can see exactly what will be in our picture through a viewfinder! Optical finders and reflex Visoflex catastrophes were more suited to disposable cameras, never anything digital. Optical finders have been obsolete since film. It's about time that LEICA, the inventor of the mirrorless camera in 1918, finally made a mirrorless camera., which now obsoletes everything else they've done this past 107 years. This is an Instrument of the Immortals, so of course there is no autofocus. I have no idea why there is an LCD on the back. Of course the M EV1 has no optical rangefinder, which also went obsolete once the world went digital. Optical finders were barely good enough for film, but needed constant calibration and worked poorly with long or very fast lenses if you wanted perfect focus. Auf Wiedersehen, hundert Jahre optische LEICA und LEICA M, ein Hoch auf die neue M! October 2025
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Neu: LEICA M11-P SAFARI11 May 2025, Sunday
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LEICA M11-P SAFARI11 May 2025, Sunday
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Neu von LEICA in schwarz glänzend (glossy black)LEICA M11, schwarz glänzend (glossy black). LEICA NOCTILUX 50mm f/1.2 ASPH, schwarz glänzend (glossy black). 21 November 2024, Thursday
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LEICA M11-P (also at Adorama).60 MP, 4.5 FPS, ISO 64 ~ 51,200, 0.73x finder, only one card slot. Comes in silver and in black. LEICA 18551 Leather Bag für M System. LEICA 18553 Leather Camera Strap. 26 October 2023, Thursday
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LEICA M11 Monochrom.15 April 2023
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LEICA M1113 January 2022
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LEICA M10-R16 July 2020 |
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LEICA M10 Monochrom17 January 2020 |
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LEICA M10-P21 August 2018 |
LEICA M102017- |
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LEICA M 2402012-2017 |
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LEICA M-EThe same M9, minus the needless USB socket and preview lever. 2012- |
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LEICA M9 (in deutscher Sprache)2009-2012, 593g. Introduced 09 September 2009. Digital full-frame.
2011 - today, 593g. Introduced 09 September 2009. Digital full-frame.
LEICA M9 Color Rendition 20 August 2010 LEICA M9 1.138 Firmware Update 16 August 2010 LEICA M9 1.116 Firmware Update 17 March 2010 LEICA M9: Three Sample DNG Files 07 December 2009 LEICA M9 Yosemite and Eastern Sierra Photo Examples 30 October 2009 M9 High ISO Examples 29 October 2009 LEICA M9 Example Images 06 October 2009 SD Card Speed Test in the LEICA M9 12 October 2009 Canon 5D Mk II, LEICA M9 and Nikon D3 image comparisons 06 October 2009 LEICA M9 Lens Compatibility 01 October 2009 LEICA M9 versus Nikon D3X versus Canon 5D Mk II Sharpness Comparison 01 October 2009 |
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The future of LEICA photography. Not M-mount; better. 2012- |
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2002 - today, 630g. Leica's best RealRaw camera. Electronic TTL. |
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Current, 476g. Less well made than the LEICA, but a fraction of the price and weight, and easier and more fun to shoot, with a better finder. Electronic TTL. |
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1999-2003, 601g. A cheaper version of a Contax G2 chassis with an M mount and manual rangefinder. |
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1984-2002, 560-608g. Leica's most advanced mechanical camera. Manual TTL light metering, also TTL flash on M6 TTL. |
LEICA M4-P 1980-1987, 520g. Canadian-made mechanical LEICA. 0.72x finder with 28/90mm, 35/135mm and 50/75mm frame lines, the first LEICA to use this finder which continues to this day. The LEICAMETER 03 November 2010 enlarge image (review coming). |
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1980-1985, 402g. The lightest modern Leica (402g). Made by Minolta. 28mm, 40mm and 90mm finder. Electronic TTL. Compared to LEICA M7 and Zeiss Ikon. |
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LEICA M3: The World's Best 35mm Camera 1954-1967, 610g. Leica's first M camera, advancing the older screw-mount cameras. The M3 has Leica's highest-magnification finder ever made (0.91x), which makes it Leica's best finder for use with for 50mm, 90mm and 135mm lenses. It also covers 35mm lenses designed for the M3. The M3 is the greatest LEICA. It has sold more than any other LEICA to this day. The LEICA M3 introduced many of the innovations we all take for granted. The M3 was years ahead of its time, and is still a fantastic camera today. LEICA M3 Buyer's Guide 04 November 2010 LEICA M3 User's Guide 04 November 2010 The LEICAMETER 03 November 2010 |
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LEICA Q2M.LEICA Q247 MP full-frame, weather-sealed, 4K, 28mm f/1.7 fixed lens. 49mm filters, 25.4 oz./720 g with battery and card, 1'/0.3m close focus, 0.56'/0.17m in macro mode. NEU: Q2 vs X100F vs iPhone 11 Pro Max vs Canon 90D.NEU: LEICA Q2 User's Guide.NEU: LEICA vs iPhone vs Fuji vs Canon Shootout.07 Hot March 2019. |
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1950-1957, 430 g. |
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1935-1938, 432g. |
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NEU: SL3-S16 January 2025 |
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LEICA TL22017- |
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Introduced 09 September 2009 |
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LEICA D-LUX 20 20 April 2010 |
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LEICA D-LUX 4 18 June 2009 |
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35mm 1995-? |
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35mm 1998-? |
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1983-today, 110m/1000m (6.5º), 233g. |
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1963-1975, 122m/1000m (7.0º), 580g. |
More LEICA Articles top
Leica Compendium Review 01 October 2011
LEICA Filters 08 January 2011
The LEICAMETER 03 November 2010
LEICA Viewfinder Magnifications 05 December 2009
Leica Lens Dates and Serial Numbers 04 November 2009
LEICA M9 Yosemite and Eastern Sierra Photo Examples 30 October 2009
M9 High ISO Examples 29 October 2009
LEICA or Not? 13 October 2009
SD Card Speed Test in the LEICA M9 12 October 2009
Canon 5D Mk II, LEICA M9 and Nikon D3 image comparisons 06 October 2009
LEICA M9 Lens Compatibility 01 October 2009
LEICA M9 versus Nikon D3X versus Canon 5D Mk II Sharpness Comparison 01 October 2009
Rangefinder vs. SLR cameras 16 September 2009
LEICA 18mm and Zeiss 18mm Comparison Test 17 June 2009
The Cult of the LEICA 26 May 2009
Wein EPX-625 Mercury Batteries 30 April 2009
Oskar Barnack 01 April 2009
The Leica Man 17 March 2009
Contax G Lenses for LEICA M 26 February 2009
A Complete LEICA M-System for Under $4,000 03 February 2009
LEICA M vs. Contax G Systems 29 January 2009
Comparison of LEICA M7, CLE and Zeiss Ikon
LEICA Lens Names Explained 24 January 2009
Cosina, Voigtländer and other lenses for LEICA 15 January 2009
LEICA Summarit-M Lenses (2007 introduction)
Henri Cartier-Bresson and the LEICA
M Flange focal distance: 27.8mm.
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