The French website Focus Numerique published an interview with Dr. Andreas Kaufman. Here are the most interesting points:
- The waiting list for the Leica M type 240 is currently one year. The delivery time will be shorter at the end of the year.
- The new plant in Wetzlar will be completed by the end of the year.
- For the next three years Leica has a lot of “very interesting products in the pipeline”. New products will be announced this fall and next spring. Dr. Kaufman hinted that new Monochrom devices “would make sense“. Another quote: “we are working on many different solutions for the full format”.
- Leica will not release a DSLR camera for R lenses (they have said this multiple times in the past few years).
- The Leica Mini M campaign was a mistake: “Leica people have learned one thing with this story: Do not play with the M!“
- And finally few comments on the competition (Sony and Fuji):
