Leica is expected to release a fix (firmware update?) for the Leica TL2 and Visoflex issue this Friday. Stay tuned for additional information. This also means that the Leica TL2 will start shipping again soon – check availability at one of our sponsors:
In an interview with CNBC Andreas Kaufmann, chairman of Leica’s supervisory board, made some interesting comments on a potential future Leica (smart)phone:
It gets a bit confidential, but you could think of this: Are two camera systems enough for a smartphone? And that could give you a hint into the future.
I am not sure whether the company can do (this) … (But) one dream would be my personal dream: a true Leica phone.
Every smartphone is wrong for photography at the moment.
The phone nowadays is not fit really for photography … It’s used as a camera, it’s used as a video camera, but it’s not built that way and I think there’s a long way to go still.
A quick update on the Leica TL2 and Visoflex issue: according to one of Leica’s testers the problem can be fixed with a firmware update that will probably be released as early as next week: