Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/31

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Subject: [Leica] New Leicas on Japanese website???
From: jon.stanton at comcast.net (jon.stanton@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Mar 31 21:56:27 2005

Outstanding!!! Maybe Karen can ship us a few?

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> I just got back from the first night of the LHSA Spring Shoot here in New 
> Orleans. I was able to see a working DMR, sweet. 
> 
> When I got back I had an email from a photography friend up in NY. There 
> seems to be a new Leica/Panasonic M camera. I say M because it shows 
> removable lenses! The photo shows a camera kind of Panasonic LC-1 looking 
> except with a 50mm/1.4 Summilux lens on it! I thought for sure it was 
> fake, 
> but this seems pretty real as the images are of a prototype behind glass. 
> No 
> PS work here. There is no "red dot" on the camera, it looks more Panasonic 
> than anything else. I can read 10mp on the left hand side. 
> 
> When and where did this camera get shown? Guess the Japanese get 
> everything 
> first, always a day ahead of us. 
> 
> Maybe I should wait and not get an Epson RD-1. 
> 
> Pics here, sorry I had problems translating the text. I tried to download 
> it 
> in English, but it did not work to well. 
> 
> http://www.zoeicaimages.com/html/untitled251.html 
> 
> Chris 
> New Orleans 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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