
I finally received the latest copy of LFI magazine and this is the short paragraph written in the preview section for next issue:
I am curious how many readers are planning to buy the new Leica M9-P camera (M9 basic specs, sapphire glass, new finish and aprox. 500 EUR/700 USD price premium): Are you planning to buy the new Leica M9-P camera?Market Research Direct link to poll
Here are some close-ups of the Leica M9-P camera Seal was wearing few days ago: The pictured Leica M camera doesn’t have a rewind crank, battery compartment, film advance lever or a reversing lever. The color and finish is also different from the current M9:
Update: you can see full resolution crops of the new Leica M9-P here. According to this post from Valentin Sama, Leica Camera will have a new product announcement on June 21st, 2011. Expected is a new Leica M9-P rangefinder camera, a new 21mm ASPH f/3.8 lens and the M8/M9 firmware update. This may not be the complete list of […]
Few days ago a dpreview forum member mentioned about an upcoming Leica M9-P camera. The camera is expected to be released in June. So far those were all rumors and nobody has really seen such a digital MP rangefinder… until yesterday when the Dailymail posted some pictures of Seal with a very interesting Leica M […]
According to this forum thread, the German version of latest LFI magazine mentioned in the preview section that the next issue, scheduled to be released in the 3rd week of June, will have some details on “new and updated versions” of some Leica products.

According to Valentin Sama, Leica will have “a little surprise in the second half of June“. No further details were given as to what new products are to be expected. The rumored options are (IMHO): A new Leica M9 version (not a limited edition) which should be ready for production at that point. The model name […]