Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica have to come up with something for next year's Photokina. I suppose the expected MFT camera fits the bill. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Aug 17, 2011, at 9:20 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > Five minutes of research revealed the following Wall St. Journal article on > Leica's finances and Kaufman's acquisition of the company: > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122152103387739231.html > > If Leica's sales stay as robust as they have been in 2011 and Herr Kaufman > takes out most of the profits as a dividend, he should be whole in about a > dozen years. However he maintains that sales have to increase before there > is a surplus large enough to institute a new camera development program. > Reading between the lines, I infer that much of the design of the M8, M9, > and S2 was completed before Kaufman bought the company. Certainly the > sensor > is a Kodak product. I remember receiving press releases from Kodak about > microlens digital sensor technology about nine or ten years back when they > were trying to convince Wall St. that their digital efforts would pay off. > It may be a long time before we see an M10 or a digital CL. > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >