[Leica] How long has the M8 been out? Beyond warranty period?

[leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

Though Leica has accelerated their production cycles since a certain time,
I doubt there will be a M9 on the shelves after Photokina 08. They'll not
own enough FF sensors at that time, likely. Maybe there will be an
announcement of it, available fo summer 2009 earliest, or so.

The third rumoured project after the M9 and R10 was the compact M - aka
digital CL. No new sensor needed, just reduce the M9. This one may hit in
Cologne in septembre, and this woudn't be that bad.

And, of course, they'll proudly present some new rebadged Panasonic products.

Didier





> I hope for Leica's sake that they can do better than that (unless of
> course the R10 has autofocus).
> Nathan


>> The M9 is a year away at the earliest.  The word is if anything is
>> announced, it will be the R10 this year.