Two new interviews with Leica representatives at Photokina were published online:
- Reddotforum interview with Peter Karbe on the Leica SL system: the new Summicron SL lenses are the “next level image quality”
- Focus-numerique interview with Dr. Andreas Kaufmann (Google translation) – The lens in the Leica Sofort instant camera is the same as the one in Fujifilm Instax Mini 90 (contrary to the report from Engadget):
If we had had to design the camera from scratch, this would have increased the price significantly. We could have modified the optical design to reduce the size of the camera but we would have had to change many things in terms of ergonomics.
Leica is also considering to adapt the Fujifilm Instax Wide format:
You now, there is a Wide version of Instax. We are review ing the possibility of producing this model too. There might be more changes. In any case, we are thinking about it.
