Dear Leica friends,
We are pleased to announce that a range of interesting new products for the Leica M System will be introduced at photokina 2006. All of you participants of the Leica Users forum are the first the hear the official news after our salesforce.
First and foremost, by many end users the long awaited rangefinder camera LEICA M8.
NEW: LEICA M8
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The new LEICA M8 will be available from the end of November 2006 on at a price around 4´200 Euro. The camera is complimented by two high performance lenses which can be used for digital and analogue use, as well as, additional accessories.
Product information:
m8_en.pdf
Technical data:
tecdat_m8_en.pdf
The camera is complimented by two high performance lenses which can be used for digital and analogue use, as well as, additional accessories.
NEW: Compact wide angle lens LEICA ELMARIT-M 1:2,8/28mm ASPH.
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The new LEICA ELMARIT-M 28mm is standard lens for the M8 and will be available at the Leica dealers from the End of October 2006 at a price of around 1´350 Euro.
Technical data:
tecdat_elmarit28_en.pdf
NEW: Super wide angle with three focal lengths LEICA TRI-ELMAR-M 1:4/16-18-21mm ASPH.
trielmar.jpg
NEW: Universal viewfinder M for focal lengths from 16 to 28mm
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The new Tri-Elmar-M 16-18-21mm is the ticket for very wide angle photography in Leica quality for the M system. Lens and viewfinder will be available from the end of December 2006 on for a set price of 3´500 Euro.
Technical data LEICA TRI-ELMAR-M 1:4/16-18-21mm ASPH.:
tecdat_trielmar_en.pdf
Technical data Universal viewfinder M:
tecdat_universalfinder_m_en.pdf
We hope that you will like the new products and invite you to the photokina fair in Cologne Germany to experience these products first-hand.
I also hope you will understand that I won´t have the time to visit the forum regularly to answer all answers that this mail may cause!
Best regards from Solms!
Stefan Daniel
Head of Product Management, Leica Camera