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Leica D SUMMILUX 25mm ASPH lens

Dennis Hissink
Photokina report
Monday 2nd, October 2006
Posted by: Dennis Hissink

During our meeting with mister Suguru Takamatsu, Coordi-nator Marketing Team Overseas Sales & Marketing Group and Ichiro Kitao, Product Planning Manager, from Panasonic we had a little hands-on with the new Leica D SUMMILUX 25mm f1.4 ASPH lens. The new Leica lens incorporates a large total large total of 10 lens elements in 9 groups, including a large-diameter aspherical lens. The bright standard f/1.4 lens provides a superb high-quality optical performance. The large diameter front lens ensures sufficient peripheral light levels, and a large-diameter front aspherical lens reduces light degradation all the way to the lens periphery. The result is high resolution and absolutely minimum lens distortion.

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Leica D SUMMILUX 25mm lens

Leica Elmarit-M 28mm ASPH lens

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Friday 15th, September 2006

Leica Camera AG, Solms is exhibiting the new Leica Elmarit-M 1:2.8/28 mm ASPH. at photokina in Cologne. The Leica Elmarit-M 1:2.8/28 mm ASPH. adds a particularly compact wide-angle lens with high imaging capability to the palette of lenses for the Leica ranging viewfinder system. Thanks to the use of an ASPH.erical lens, the optical performance is once again significantly increased in comparison to preceding models. With a weight of only 180 grams, the Leica Elmarit-M 1:2.8/28 mm ASPH. is the lightest of all the Leica M lenses. The new wide-angle lens can be used both on Leica M analog camera models and also on the new digital Leica M8.

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Photokina 2008 is the biggest Photokina ever! Starting on September 2008, visitors and our readers become part of the new standard of digital imaging with the latest innovations, product announcements and expert's view from top key players from the digital imaging industry. The wide range of new products on the show floor that is covering everything that has to do with digital imaging makes Photokina 2008 truly unique! LetsGoDigital is again present at this year's most important show and will cover the news right here and live from the show floor. All the major brands from the industry are present, expect the unexpected and see it for yourself via the special Photokina 2006 show report. Approximately 160,000 visitors from 140 countries are expected in Cologne, Germany and around 1,600 suppliers from 50 countries are present at the Photokina event.