Leica has scheduled an exclusive event in Cologne on September 17th, 2012 (the day before the start of the Photokina 2012 show). The expectations are for a new Leica M10, S3, D-Lux 6, V-Lux 4 and maybe even a redesigned Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH and a new 28mm Summilux-M f/1.4.
In an interview with BJP, Dr. Andreas Kaufmann hinted that Leica may not be ready with their new mirrorless interchangeable lens camera system for Photokina 2012: “We can’t produce enough of what we already have. There’s a project in place, but no timeframe. But you should come to our event on 17 September to see what we have.” […]
Those are all the possible scenarios for the Leia announcement on May 10th:
Update: Today (Monday) Leica published the last video from their Photokina coverage: Megapixel website interview with Stefan Daniel at Photokina. Recap: no plans for other DSLR solution below the S2 line, no plans for a new M film camera.
Some more Leica @ Photokina coverage from around the Web: Leica V-Lux 2 hands-on Leica D-Lux 5 hands on Pictures from the Leica booth And the latest video updates from Leica: Leica @ Photokina, day 3: Leica @ Photokina, day 4:
Solms, Germany (September 17, 2010) – On September 14, 2010, Leica Camera AG began a virtual paper chase through Berlin – ‘Berlinspiration’. For seven consecutive days, the German camera manufacturer will post pictures of the capital city on its Facebook page, and invites fans of photography from around the world to take part in the […]
Leica is expected to announce new products on September 21st, the first day of Photokina. The biggest photography fair opens doors at 10:00 am CET (4:00 am US Eastern time). I will be covering the announcements on LeicaRumors. If you are going to Photokina, you can send me any Leica related visuals (pictures, videos) and I will post them […]
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