Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/01

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Subject: [Leica] More rumors about Leica X1 manufacturer.
From: lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 19:54:42 -0500
 
Seen on the Photography Bay site:

Word on the street is that the Leica
X1<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/650518-USA/Leica_18420_X1_Digital_Compact_Camera.html/BI/1141/KBID/1447>
sensor
is manufactured by Sony ? and that same sensor is set to be placed in an
upcoming (and as-yet unannounced Nikon camera).  More specifically, the
sensor is 23.6 x 15.8mm with 12.2 ?effective? megapixels.  13 million pixels
in total sit on the sensor. At recent press event in Singapore, Sunil Kaul,
regional director of Asia Pacific for Leica Camera AG spilled the beans as
to the sensor?s origin and its future home inside a Nikon camera, which he
?cannot disclose.?

So if the X1 manufacturer is not Leica, perhaps it is Nikon.

Larry Z
Replies: Reply from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] More rumors about Leica X1 manufacturer.)