Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am certain it will be made by someone other than Leica, thus avoiding any strain on production resources in Germany. Also, I really wonder if they will wait more than 1 year before actually releasing it. My suspicion is not. To pre-announce a product so far in advance in a fast-moving market like this is simply ridiculous. So I think that it will out much sooner than September 2012. What for Photokina, you ask? The M10, of course. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Jun 23, 2011, at 11:49 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > I'm really surprised to see this story. Leica Camera have hinted that there > is room for something new in their product range between X and M but they > have also said that they would not talk about upcoming new products any > longer until they were ready (after the dramatic R10 cancellation and the > consequent very understandable reactions). > Certainly they use 'leaking' just prior release as part of marketing > currently in order to build interest and anticipation but this official > comment is more than 12 months before Photokina. > Extraordinary decision in my view. But then they presumably have calculated > that such a camera will not compete with their core, the M system. It does > suggest that they now feel able to cope with two concurrent in-house > (?) projects too (alongside the inevitable M10). It will likely have the > forums buzzing for the next year. I'm not so sure that this is all to the > good. Still, I'm not on their board nor likely to be! > > Cheers > Geoff > > *Life's not black and white, except at both ends* > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >