Over at the l-camera-forum a member posted a picture of what appears to be is an Undentified Leica Camera (ULC). The discussion is heating up. Here is a direct link to the picture.
The rumor is that Leica is going to auction some old production tools, mainly for the R system, that are no longer in use. The auction is expected to be handled by Westlicht (they recently auctioned some Leica M9 prototypes). You can also see this movie about a Leica auction at Westlich from earlier this year.
Every line from this Q&A session is important, so instead of me rewriting it here just go to the l-camera-forum and read the original post.
Stefan Daniel (Leica Product Manager) said that “there will be a good solution that allows us to use our R-lenses on a digital body.†Today Panasonic announced the GF1 M4/3 camera and with it a R-mount adapter:
Here is the Leica R mount lens compatibility table:
Here are some pictures of this adapter in action:
Images via stranger_than_Tokyo [...]
This just hit the wires (source):
“From Stefan Daniel: there will be no R10 from Leica, but there will be a good solution that allows us to use our R-lenses on a digital body.”
I think the full frame Leica M9 rumor from yesterday just became more credible – Leica M9 on 09.09.2009. Maybe this date will [...]
Leica M6 Platinum for US $20,550.00:
Leica R6 Platinum for US $20,550.00:
Both for the same price – if money is not an issue, which one would you choose?
I got my hands on an email from a major photographic products reseller – most of the information is not new and just confirms that we should expect some fun Leica time ahead of us.¬â€
“Just to clarify Leica’s press release regarding the R system……
It is correct that the production of R system bodies and lenses have [...]
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