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.”
On the same topic, the CEO of Leica Alfred Schopf said:
“We already have the best compact camera system here, with the M9. Now, we have to look at the size of the lenses. Do we like having a Coca-Cola can in front of a small camera body. The combination between the camera body and the lens has to fit.”
Regarding the upcoming Leica M10, Dr. Kaufman confirmed to BJP that the new M camera will have video recording capabilities and that they were able to solve several problems like data rate, battery lifecycle and heat emissions.
A new M10 with CMOS sensor, live view and video was already mentioned by Stefan Daniel last year.
Leica Camera AG will continue to work with Truesense Imaging on future sensor development.
For Photokina 2012, Leica have booked the entire Hall 1 of the Cologne exhibition center.
There were also some rumors that Leica may introduce a new S3 medium format camera for Photokina.
