Category Archives: Leica T

Leica’s new compact mirrorless system camera: priced between the X1 and M9, compatible with M-mount lenses

By LR admin | Published: August 8, 2011

Richard Swan from Leica UK shared some details on their upcoming compact mirrorless system camera with TechRadar. The new product line will be placed somewhere between the X1 and M9 in terms of pricing. As previous reprots indicated, the camera will have at least an APS-C sized sensor. Another interesting comment was that “any future […]

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Interviews with Andreas Kaufmann and Stefan Daniel

By LR admin | Published: July 1, 2011

The Invisiblephotographer published an interview with Andreas Kaufmann taken after the M9-P announcement. This is the recap: The new 25,000 square meter facility Leitz Park 2 will be able to double the products turnover over the next 4 years. Dr. Kaufmann on the Leica M10: “Usually, this industry has cycles in the 2-years range, which is […]

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Leica to launch a new compact mirrorless system camera at Photokina 2012

By LR admin | Published: June 22, 2011

In an interview with BJP and AP, Leica’s chairman Dr. Andreas Kaufmann and CEO Alfred Schopf confirmed that they will be announcing a new compact mirrorless system camera (EVIL) at Photokina 2012, something I have been reporting here on LeicaRumors for a while. Some quotes: “It’s more than an idea, you will see something at the next Photokina. […]

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Leica UK denies rumors of a new mirrorless system

By LR admin | Published: February 24, 2011

In a series of statements to AP, Leica UK denied any existence of the previously rumored new mirrorless system: “Asked whether Leica plans to launch a more compact system camera than its full-frame M9, a spokeswoman said there was no such system on the horizon.” On several occasions in the past few months (LHSA meeting, LUF meeting, tech support […]

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Leica “almost ready” with its mirrorless solution?

By LR admin | Published: February 22, 2011

The Spanish website dslrmagazine.com and its owner Valentin Sama heve been a reliable source of photo equipment news in the past. Today they twitted that Leica is almost ready with its mirrorless camera: “Sources that usually are very well informed are telling us that Leica could have an almost ready CSC or mirrorless camera” (source) “It’s […]

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More details on the planned digital R solution from Leica

By LR admin | Published: January 20, 2011

Those are the notes taken by a LUF member during a meeting between Stephan Daniel and members of the LHSA from October 2010 regrading the long expected “digital R solution” from Leica: The new camera is at the concept stage. It will have EFV. It will be able to use M lenses, probably with an adapter. In the […]

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Q&A session with Leica

By LR admin | Published: September 29, 2010

The German version of the Q&A session with Leica just came online. The main points: R-solution: Leica is working on a mirrorless solution, but for financial, technical and other reasons the exact details are still unclear. S-system: three new lenses are expected – 24 mm ultra wide angle, 30 mm super wide-angle (with optional central locking) and 30-90 mm zoom. Still […]

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