Updates, tips, and insights about used Leica cameras.
June 2026
For fifteen years, Leica let buyers order an M built to their own spec. The program was called à la carte, and instead of choosing a catalog model you worked through a menu of options and Leica assembled the camera to match. …read more
June 2026
If you are buying a film Leica M, viewfinder magnification is one of the few choices that changes how the camera actually shoots, and it is permanent: the finder is built into the body, so you pick it when you buy. …read more
June 2026
The Leica MP is already the purist's modern film M: fully mechanical, brass top and base plates, and the flare-resistant finder that cured the rangefinder-patch flare of the M6. …read more
June 2026
One of the more unusual ideas in the Leica lineup is the digital camera with no screen at all. Four M bodies have done it: you get a full-frame digital sensor and the rangefinder, but the back of the camera has no LCD, no menu to scroll …read more
June 2026
Leica makes more limited and special editions than almost any other camera company, and the used market for them is large: we track several hundred active special-edition bodies and lenses at any given time. …read more
May 2026
Long before the M-mount existed, before the rangefinder window and the viewfinder were combined into one bright frame line, Leica had already invented the 35mm camera as we know it. …read more
May 2026
In our previous post we covered the three Leica model families that established 35mm photography as we know it: the I (1925), the II (1932), and the III (1933). That post stuck to the big picture of how each family differs from the others. …read more
May 2026
The Leica M3 and the Leica M2 are the two cameras that launched the M-mount era. They are mechanically near-identical, they take the same lenses, and a shutter-released frame from one is indistinguishable from a frame released by the …read more
May 2026
If you want a fully mechanical M-mount Leica with no built-in meter and no electronics of any kind, the M4 family is where you shop. …read more
May 2026
Of all the M-mount Leicas, the M5 is the one that buyers love or hate. There is no middle ground. Introduced in 1971 as Leica's first M-body with built-in TTL metering, the M5 abandoned the classic dimensions of the M2, M3, and M4. …read more
May 2026
The Leica M6 is the M body that introduced built-in light metering to the Leica rangefinder without giving up the fully mechanical shutter. …read more
May 2026
Three film M Leicas were in production at the same time in the 2000s, and a lot of buyers get stuck choosing among them. The M7, the M6, and the MP shoot the same lenses, frame through similar finders, and produce identical negatives. …read more
May 2026
The Leica Q line is one of the most successful product introductions Leica has made in the digital era. Since the original Q (Typ 116) launched in 2015, every Q body has shared the same basic concept: a full-frame sensor, a fixed Summilux …read more
May 2026
If you want a Leica and you don't want to spend three or four thousand dollars to get one, the R-mount SLR system is where you shop. …read more
May 2026
A new Leica M11 is $9,000. A new Leica Q3 is $6,000. The cheapest current Leica, the D-Lux 8 compact, is $1,600. Compare that with what you can build a complete Sony or Fuji kit for, and the obvious question is: what justifies it? read more
March 2026
If you're shopping for a used Leica, high-end mirrorless body, or vintage lens on eBay, you've probably noticed listings that seem too good to be true. A Leica M6 for $1,800 when every other one is listed at $4,500? …read more
February 2026
eBay is the 800-pound gorilla in almost any online marketplace for used (and sometimes new) equipment. On usedcameratracker.com and usedlenstracker.com you'll find independent sellers ranging from mom-and-pop stores with 7 cameras to big …read more
February 2026
I am a Leica M shooter and I use both film and digital cameras. Everyone has their own reasons for shooting with Leica cameras. …read more
February 2026
Buying a used Leica camera is one of the best ways to enter the Leica ecosystem without paying full retail price. Whether you're after a classic film body like the M2 or a modern digital like the M11, the used market offers excellent …read more
February 2026
When I first started building this site, I tried to come up with a way to normalize the camera condition ratings. Each seller has their own method for rating condition, but I thought I could get them all onto a 5 point scale ranging from …read more
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