Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The only R related item I have is a Summicron 50R converted for XPan, it is a stellar lens. The King is dead. Long live the King! On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > >From a newsletter from the L Camera Forum. > > Leica yesterday informed their sales agencies and dealers, that Leica has > *no > more stock of Leica R9 cameras and Leica R Lenses*. A *new production is > not > planned either*. > > Leica also writes that they are working hard "on making *a generation > change > possible for the current R-System*", for this the *knowledge gained* > through > the *development of the LEICA S2* has helped tremendously. > This fits into the *Leica's and Dr. Kaufmann's commitment* to a *digital R > camera* during the photokina. > > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.rfman.com // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com