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Yesterday Stefan Daniel held another Q& A session during ghe Leica Experience Day. Our German forum member Jens wrote don hat die wichtigsten Aussagen mitgeschrieben - da sind wieder ein paar neue Infos dabei...

M-System
- A M8 firmware update to come
- Leica thinks about to include M9 features into M8 cameras after charging a fee,

- Leica thinks about a M9 with saphire glass, which would be more expensive than the normal version
- If this camera would hit the market, M9 owner will be offered to upgrade their cameras after paying the price difference

- The Visoflex III fits the M9, Leica does not think about a new Visoflex

R-System
- Leica has three different product scenarios regarding adapting R lenses to a Leica digital camera. As soon as a decision for one of these projects is made, Leica will publish a time schedule for this R solution

- 2,200 DMR were made, which was not profitable
- After Hasselblad took over Imacon, Leica and Imacon had "communication problems"
- Right now Leica has again contact to Hasselblad, the goal is to offer DMR service again by Leica

- Right now now rechargeable batteries are available for DMRs
- Leica has been talking to different manufacturers, without success because of too small production lots. Goal is to offer rechargeable batteries again.

X1
- X1 is to be established as new product line, either with other fixed focus or zoom lenses
- No announcements here until photokina 2010


PS.: Translations by me, if anything isn't clear, it's my fault ;-)