‘Leica announces M10-rangefinder camera in september’

According to photographer Steve Huff will be the new Leica M10 rangefinder next month at Photokina-fotografiebeurs in Cologne ‘with absolute certainty’ be announced. The new camera would then be around march 2013 in the shops.

Initially thought photographer Huff that, according to a received invitation, the Leica M10 on 10 may announced it would be. Leica proved that date, however, to have been chosen for the introduction of the Leica M Monochrom, a variant of the Leica M9 with a ccd image sensor without a color filter.

Huff is now convinced that the new member in the Leica M-meetzoekerlijn on the upcoming Photokina-fotografiebeurs in Cologne announced. Leica has already had this fair is an opportunity for significant product launches like the Leica S2. The Photokina will be held from 18 to 23 september.

There are a number of possible specifications are round about the new Leica M10, and also, a few photos have been spotted running the camera all to see. Leica would, according to rumors the M10 make the switch from a ccd image sensor to a cmos-variant, while the resolution to 24 megapixels would amounts. Also would be the new Leica M10 as the first Leica M-model video.

At the end of last year, Stefan Daniel of Leica in an interview with Megapixel the cmos technology because of live view and video the future for Leica is. In the current Leica M8 and M9 models, makes the German company the use of Kodak ccd image sensors.

In addition, it would be the Leica M10 may be equipped with an electronic viewfinder, but given the history of the company, and the Leica M-series will likely be complementary to the current meetzoekertechnologie.

In mid-July appeared a pair of pictures on the internet that the Leica M10 for had to set. On the thumbnails for a larger size lcd to look at and a other, metallic button at the back. The authenticity of the photos could not be verified.