Leica

For the price of a year-long backpacking trip around the world, you can now own the fastest-ever 75mm aspherical lens. Leica's new Noctilux-M 75mm f/1.25 is a US$13,000 piece of glass with a monster aperture and a razor-thin depth of field to deliver dreamy out-of-focus bokeh.

Compact mirrorless cameras are improving rapidly and, even though last year's Leica TL was incredibly pretty, it didn't quite nail the formula. Enter the TL2, a more refined take on the outgoing model – both inside and out.​

Leica has launched the latest version of its mirrorless APS-C camera, the Leica TL. The new model offers a bigger internal memory and improved autofocus over the 2014 original, but retains those good looks and machined aluminum body.

We recently got to go hands-on with the newly announced Leica Sofort instant camera. Read on to see what we made of the stylish shooter, and whether the blast from the past that is instant photography is worth revisiting.

Leica has announced its first ever instant camera with the Sofort. The retro-styled camera will use the Instax Mini film type, and boasts a number of settings for different shooting modes, it’s also one of the best looking instant cameras we’ve ever seen.

Leica has released details of its full-frame mirrorless, interchangeable system - the Leica SL. Using the same excellent 24-megapixel CMOS sensor as the Leica Q we reviewed in June, the SL debuts with a 24-90mm f/2.8-4 zoom lens.

Priced at a truly scary US$4,250, the Leica Q looks very limited on paper with its single, fixed 28mm lens. But in practice it's a brilliant creative tool, a lightning fast and near-silent street shooter with stellar optics, awesome autofocus and sumptuous imaging.

An incredibly rare prototype Leica gun camera will head to auction this week. But any collectors with the rare shooter in their sights will need to be loaded, the New York Leica gun RIFLE prototype is expected to sell for US$335,000 to $390,000.

Leica has updated its S-series medium format line-up with two new models. The Leica S (Type 007), which is being shown off at Photokina, is the new top-of-the-range model and features a wide ISO range and 4K video recording. The Leica S-E is a new entry-level medium format camera.

Leica has announced the launch of the M-P rangefinder camera which improves on the M, but also gets rid of the iconic red dot. The new camera features a bigger buffer, a sapphire glass display-cover and a frame selection lever for easier subject framing.

Photographers determined to part with oodles of cash in exchange for a mirrorless camera now have a decision to make – do they opt for the extravagant Hasselblad Lunar or the new minimalist Leica T? Gizmag compares the specs of the two luxury mirrorless cameras.

The Leica T is a true supermodel of a camera – a masterpiece of design, engineering and machining perfection. But Leica is adamant that it doesn't make sculptures, and it wants the T judged on its performance. So let's see if results stand up to the astronomic price tag.