Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is there any written proof that those Panasonic cameras only have leice "labelled" lenses and leica had little to nothing to do with them or is this just more LUG-generated "proof"? I seriously don't know. On Apr 10, 2005 4:44 PM, Didier Ludwig <rangefinder@screengang.com> wrote: > > >Given Panasonic's recent announcements of involvement in the 4/3 format, > >and Panasonic's involvement with Leica, and Erwin's (alleged) not exactly > >arm's length relationship with Leica, could this point to a future Leica > >involvement in the 4/3 format? > > There are rumours about a participation of Leica in the 4/3 format since a > while (I don't think Erwin Puts has much to do with that), but after what > I've heard Leica's financial troubles are actually so big that they have to > focus their resources on DMR and digital M. > > But I could imagine a licensing thing like with the Digilux II - a mainly > Panasonic engineered 4/3 camera body (may be with some finetuning at > Solms), with Leica labeled lenses on it. > > As long as Olympus does not produce superfast, non-zoom 4/3 lenses, there > could be a niche for Leica 4/3 Summi- or Noctiluxes. I'd love that. > > Didier > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >