Leica Officially Announces The APO-Summicron-SL 28mm f/2 ASPH L-Mount Lens

Leica APO Summicron SL 28mm f2 Lens Announced SLR Lounge

Leica has officially announced its latest addition to the L-Mount Prime lineup of lenses, the APO-Summicron-SL 28mm F2 ASPH. This new wide-angle beast has 13 elements (6 of them are aspherical and some are the anomalous partial dispersion type to help reduce chromatic aberration), can focus as close as 9.5″ and like the rest of … Read more

Venus Optics Announce Price & Availability For 4 More Lenses in Sigma & Leica L-mount

Laowa Wide Angle L Mount Lenses Announced SLR Lounge

Today, Venus Optics has introduced more lenses to the L-mount line up; 2 wide-angle lenses (4mm f/2.8 Fisheye, 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D) and 2 macro lenses (24mm f/14 2X Macro Probe, Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro). Why is this a big deal? It’s a great thing that there are more affordable lenses for the L-Mount … Read more

Lomography Launches Atoll Ultra-Wide 17mm f/2.8 Art Lens for Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E, Leica M

Lomography Launches Atoll Ultra Wide 17mm f2.8 Art Lens for Mirrorless SLR Lounge 1

Recently Lomography launched its newest compact prime lens on kickstarter, the Atoll Ultra-Wide f/2.8 17mm Art lens on for Mirrorless systems like Nikon Z, Canon RF, Sony E, and Leica M Mounts. [Related Reading: Lomography Announces Instant Film Camera] This new lens is assembled by hand with thirteen multi-coated lens elements in ten groups, the … Read more

Leica Re-Launches The Classic Noctilux-M 50mm f/1.2 ASPH Lens – Updated For Modern Digital Systems

Leica Re Launches the Noctilux M 50mm f1.2 ASPH Lens SLR LOunge

Leica has recently announced the re-launch of its Noctilux-M 50mm f/1.2 ASPH “landmark” lens that will be available in the standard black for $7,695, as well as a limited edition silver. (The silver edition is over 2x the price at $16,395 and only available at select Leica store locations, and there are only 100 of … Read more

ZY Optics Adds Leica M Mount To Its Mitakon Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 Line-Up

Zy Optics Launches Mitakon Speedmaster 50mm f0.95 for Leica M Mount

Today there’s some more good news for the Leica shooters out there. ZY Optics has announced the launch of the Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 lens for the Leica M mount. The lens is specially redesigned to work well with Leica M camera systems and supports rangefinder coupling for focus assistance. The lens is also compatible with … Read more

Irix Cine Lenses are Now Available for Nikon Z, Canon RF, and Leica L Mounts

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We initially reported this Nikon rumor about a year ago, but now it looks like it’s finally true and with even more! Irix Cine lenses are now officially available for the Nikon Z, Canon RF, and Leica L Mount Mirrorless Camera Systems. The new Z Mount Cine lenses are already available for sale on the … Read more

Leica Camera Launches New Leica FOTOS 2.0 App, Replacing All Previous Leica Specific Camera Apps

Leica Fotos App 2.0 Announced SLR Lounge 2000x1333

The Leica FOTOS 2.0 mobile app update was freshly released for Android and iOS devices, offered in both free and paid / pro versions. This app adds increased performance speeds and capabilities of the app, lightroom mobile integration and much more. Designed for the Leica user who wants to get more done while on the move!