Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, fascinating indeed. The original interview does not translate as elegantly via Babelfish. As I understand it, Herr Doktor Kaufmann is chairman of the supervisory board of Leica Camera AG. So I don't imagine that his remarks in the interview were made casually! We shall see. Any bets on Photokina 2008? Another interesting snippet was that their production of M's would not exceed 12,000 annually. Not mentioned was how that 12,000 is composed. In any combination this is not a large number vs the industry juggernauts of course. My reading of an interview with Stephen Lee made me think that they have a smart man at the helm who appears to truly love Leica products. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- Subject: [Leica] Re: M9 Will there be an M9? "- You're asking for an announcement that we haven't made yet. If you continue counting, it would be the logical next step. As official statement I can't say anything. But imagine this: if you were a Leica developer and you found a way - I'm using the Speculative - to fit a Full-Format sensor, and the crop-factor drops off, then you'd do it, wouldn't you?" WOW - wait till we hear the postings on this one. The Leica marketing department must be tearing out it's hair. Nothing kills present product sales like announcing a new and greatly improved model before it is ready to ship. The flip side is that perhaps it is ready to ship for the holiday season - and this was a pre announcement to gauge potential interest. Have a nice Labor Day weekend (for US Luggers only). Of course as a recent retiree, Labor Day is only a state of mind. Larry Z _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information