Panasonic is not buying Leica

By LR admin | Published: February 18, 2009

"Leica and Panasonic have dismissed as speculation rumours that Leica may sell part of its camera business to Panasonic."

Source Amateurphotographer

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5 Comments

  1. Visitor
    Posted February 18, 2009 at 11:09 pm | Permalink

    Could there be another party interested?
    Was Minolta the manufacturer of some Leica SLRs (in whole or in part) in the past? Was the Minolta XE body the foundation?
    Did Minolta manufacture a Leica M mount rangefinder in the past?
    Did Sony buy Minolta’s camera division?
    Would you buy a B+W only (non Bayer) rangefinder?

  2. Tracy
    Posted February 18, 2009 at 11:53 pm | Permalink

    And of course when rumors are dismissed that means they’re never actually true,right?

  3. Clare
    Posted February 19, 2009 at 1:02 pm | Permalink

    It was an intriguing story nonetheless. I would’ve loved to have owned a Panasonic version of an M9 (or M10) at a fraction of the price of the M8.

  4. franck
    Posted February 19, 2009 at 4:50 pm | Permalink

    a cheap M body by whether by someone else or leica needs to be unleashed on the world so everyone gets hooked on M glass. panasonic could have been helpful here!

  5. LR admin
    Posted February 19, 2009 at 8:50 pm | Permalink

    It is interesting that they denied selling part of Leica’s camera business , but they did not say anything about the whole camera business…