Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Sinar M digital series reminded me of the now defunct Leica D1?. Digital body that could accept many lenses and digital backs sort of a la carte. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Didier Ludwig" Subject: [Leica] Leica has bought Sinar > The Leica bei Meister Newsletter I just received states that Leica > AG, Solms, has buyed 51% of the Sinar shares previoisly owned by Jenoptik. > > Swiss company Sinar http://www.sinar.ch/ is famous for it's > professional solutions for the medium and large format photography. > It's former owner Jenoptik http://www.jenoptik.com is the company > that implements the kodak sensor and software in the M8. > > Would could this mean? Leica entering the digital medium/large format > area? All I can say is that's it's positive sign that Leica is able > to buy another company and not the other way round. > > Didier