Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve: Some technical features had been confirmed by Leica product manager Stefan Daniel in the LFI (Leica Foto International) magazine 1/2006. Metal shutter, 1.33 crop, MP/M7 range-/viewfinder unit, three new wide angle lenses (focal lengths unknown but likely three quarter of common lengths to match the crop factor). No official confirm about the release date. Photokina (sept. 2006) seems to be on schedule as Leica is strongly willed not to repeat the DMR delay debacle. Other Leica products (camera and 14-50 zoom lens for the 4/3 system) are expected on the same date, too. Richard: "Same size as M7" - are you talking about the digital M photo of the mentioned LFI magazine, see http://tinyurl.com/obmkp ? That was a photoshopped M7 as clearly stated by the editors. Stefan Daniel said the new digital M will be "about the size and weight of a M" but he did not specify WHICH M. It could as well be closer to a M5 as several members of the german leica-camera.de forum posted (who pretended having seen a prototype what I doubt). Didier