Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/02

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Subject: [Leica] What are the rumours around Leica and Photokina? WAS : Leica annual report
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 22:28:26 -0400
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No improvements on the M9 and certainly not the M8.  The solution for the R
lenses would be fantastic but I'm not sure how profitable it would be for
Leica.  That would be the bottom line.

Tina

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 7:25 PM, mehrdad <msadat at gmail.com> wrote:

> no m9.2 as richard said, they are hot
>
> what else is left in the m lenses to update - none. almost everything is
> new
> i think the oldest is the 90/apo. may be a new tri-elmar?
>
> they were also talking about a solution for the R lenses
>
> some more s2 lenses to show (not new) announced
>
> panasonic is rolling out lx5 so the new leica lx5
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I know nuthin', but I doubt M9.2 or digital back. No money in either -
> they
> > sell as many M9 as they can make already.
> >
> > A lower cost (e.g. $3000) M8.3 that has the same features of M8.2 minus
> the
> > sapphire glass may make sense, financial wise.
> >
> > M10 will probably come in 3 years.
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > What are the rumours around Leica and Photokina?
> > >
> > > More lenses?
> > >
>

-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


Replies: Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] What are the rumours around Leica and Photokina? WAS : Leica annual report)
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