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The Leica M mount is a camera lens mount introduced in 1954 with the Leica M3, and a range of lenses. It has been used on all the Leica M-series cameras and certain accessories (e.g. Visoflex reflex viewing attachment) up to the current film Leica M-A and digital Leica M11 cameras. This lens mount has also been used by Epson, Ricoh, Minolta ...
Leica 35 mm f /2.8 Elmarit-R 4th version (Built-in lens hood; 55mm filter) Leica 35 mm f /2.0 Summicron-R 1st version – 1970; Leica 35 mm f /2.0 Summicron-R 2nd version – 1976; Leica 35 mm f /1.4 Summilux-R; Summicron 2.0, Leitz Canada 90 mm APO-Summicron-R ASPH (2002) Leica 50 mm f /2.0 Summicron-R 1st version – 1964
In 2014, Leica announced two updates on the series: the Leica X-E (Typ 102) featuring a 24 mm f /2.8 lens and the Leica X (Typ 113) which has a 23mm f /1.7 lens. C series On September 8, 2013, Leica announced the Leica C (Typ 112) , a compact camera with an electronic viewfinder based on the Panasonic DMC-LF1.
The Leica M-P (Typ 240) was announced on 21 August 2014 under the slogan the 'Perfect understatement', the camera was released by Leica two years following the Leica M (Typ 240). Featuring a full-frame 24 MP CMOS sensor and 2 GB of built-in RAM, Leica claims that the new M-P digital is 'twice as fast' as the standard M (Typ 240).
The Summarit was initially introduced as Leica's fastest lens in 1949 with a maximum aperture of f/1.5. Since then, the Noctilux and Summilux named lenses have superseded this old aperture. [1] On 3 August 2007 Leica revived the name and announced a series of less expensive lenses, the Summarit-M.
The Nikon F-mount lens systems and the Pentax K-mount systems are the only 35 mm SLR camera systems (apart from the Leica M-mount rangefinder system) that allow a photographer to use a mechanical SLR camera body, a fully automatic SLR camera body, and a DSLR camera body, all utilizing the same lenses.
The M4 started production in November 1966, as the direct successor of the M3 and M2, featuring framelines for 35 mm, 50 mm, 90 mm and 135 mm lenses in a 0.72 magnification viewfinder. It has the frame counter of the M3, with automatic reset after reloading. The M4 was the last Leica rangefinder of this era to be predominantly hand-built.
Leica Summilux-M 50 mm f /1.4 Version 2 (1961 – 1968) Leica Summilux 35 mm f /1.4 Version 1 Optical Diagram of Leica Summilux-R 50mm f/1.4 II lens.. The name Summilux is used by Leica and Panasonic Lumix to designate camera lenses that have a maximum aperture brighter than f/2, typically at f/1.4, but dimmer than f/1.0.