Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/05

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Subject: [Leica] no more R9 and R lenses
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 02:28:38 -0800
References: <36172e5a0903050011k3a20738dv4103969d5fe93583@mail.gmail.com>

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.
>
>
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