Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To who care or do not care digital Leica, I just pick up some of the remarks from Leica to the press in Tokyo today. Refer to the original source if you read Japanese at a very interesting and informative site: http://www.digitalcamera.gr.jp "We plan to have a 25% share in the total sales of digital cameras in three years." "We are seriously thinking about an interchangeable lens system. This will NOT be the M mount." "The production will be in Japan, because the Matsushita plant in Japan is better than our factory in Germany if we make a large volume of high quality lenses." "With Fuji, the cameras were 95% Fuji and 5% Leica. From now, we will introduce more and more Leica DNA into the collaboration with Matsushita." "We will release three cameras in autumn." Leica appears to be more serious than before with digital stuff. Mikiro > This just arrived in a Leica Newsletter: > ------------------------------------------- > Dear Leica friends, > > today we would like to inform you about a new partner for > Leica in the field of digital still cameras. > > > Leica and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. of Osaka, > Japan, better known for its Panasonic brand products, > today announced that the two companies have agreed to > collaborate in the rapidly expanding global market of digital > still cameras (DSCs). The two companies plan to develop > and market new DSCs under both the Panasonic and Leica > brand names. In the design and development process the > two companies will work together by integrating each > other’s strong expertise – the world-renowned optical > technology of Leica with the advanced digital AV (audio > video) technology of Panasonic. > > Find more information at: > http://www.leica-camera.com/unternehmen/presse/data/02224/index_e.html > > > > With best regards, > Leica Camera AG > Marketing Communication > http://www.leica-camera.com/ > > ______________________________________________ > > > Do you have friends, colleagues or acquaintances who > might also be interested in this service? If so, please > forward this communication to them, or kindly alert them to > the free subscription service at the following address: > http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte/service/newsletter/index_e.php3 > > You will receive this mail if you have entered your name on > the distribution list offered by Leica Camera AG on the > internet. If your mailing address changes, or if you wish to > re-subscribe or cancel your free subscription, you can find > the appropriate instructions at the following site: > http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte/service/newsletter/index_e.php3 > > If you have questions or suggestions concerning Leica > Camera AG offerings, please sent us an e-mail. > http://www.leica-camera.com/mail/index_e.php3 > > Leica Newsletter v1.2 > > Brian McCarthy > brian@imagespace.co.uk > www.imagespace.co.uk > >