looks like a new leica cl is coming

[xayraa33]

digital CL ?

Mm-Mm good.

 

[sol33]

Wait a minute: a non-confirmation is a confirmation?

Internet rumors are a lot like tasseography. I think it's fun.

Before the lines quoted in the first post Kaufmann said the following: "From my point of view the idea to offer inexpensive lenses for new M-users is a good one. But the price of the body has to go in line with this concept. If you look at the current price of the M8 there is a certain discrepancy." And in another recent interview with PopPhoto he confirmed "something significant for the M system at Photokina, not just lenses."

So he is definitively hinting at a lower priced digital M. But of course you are right: he doesn't confirm anything. But if he did, we would have much less fun in this forum, would we? 😉

I'd like to announce my candidacy for President is not ready for roll-out, and asking me a question about it is a logical question. I hereby will make no comments about it whatsoever. 🙄

Go for it! I'm sure you'll be a better president than McCain or Obama!

 

[Bobfrance]

I assume Panasonic are still involved with Leica.
Could this be the basis of the new CL?

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08080501microfourthirds.asp

A Leica version with a viewfinder (and even a rangefinder) would be very neat.

This is the kind of thing I have been expecting from Nikon if it brings out a RF.

All IMHO of course. 😉

 

[Al Patterson]

I wonder if the new Micro 4/3 system could be the source of a new CL type digital Leica with smaller lenses. Leave the old traditional M mount for the M8. Sound reasonable or am I way off base here?

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

I could envisage a fixed lens digital CL camera in the same vein as the short lived CM film camera.

Optical viewfinder, and slightly retro styling please.

Most likely made in Japan.

 

[~martyn~]

I wonder if the new Micro 4/3 system could be the source of a new CL type digital Leica with smaller lenses. Leave the old traditional M mount for the M8. Sound reasonable or am I way off base here?

One of the CL's plus points is its ability to make use of most M lenses, allowing one to use a lighter body without buying a different set of lenses. To "leave the old traditional M mount" would be to take away this distinct advantage.

 

[caffeineshutter]

Sure. End of all future film Leicas. Save for the ones commemorating the first anniversary of their last M7 or MP, another one commemorating the US presidential inauguration, and of course one to commemorate HC-B's WWII escape. That model will be hidden somewhere in the Black Forest, and customers will be released into the woods to find them after their factory tour. 😀

But seriously: I hope to not hear of Leica discontinuing film cameras. Their competitors are doing a good job, but I believe there will a demand for hardware in that category into the future.

Much as I like my CL, I doubt a new film version is in the works. I'm of the opinion that the M7 and MP are the end of the film Leicas.

 

[GoodPhotos]

While we are dreaming...How about a Micro4:3 format sensor in a CL type body with the same match needle metered manual exposure only...(ok...maybe Aperture Priority too if you must) an M mount (to use your classic M or LTM Leica/CV 24s, 35s and 50s) and a new 12mm f/2 M mount lens? Dial-able frames in 24, 48, 70 and 100 (35mm equiv.)

Given a price point of $1k or less, this would tempt the same market that the DP1, the Canon G10 and the Leicasonic DMC-LX3/Digilux 4 attracts now.

 

[BillBingham2]

The only thing you can get from Leica these days at $1K USD is a pair of sox!

B2 (;->

 

[Moto Mark]

If Leica could add some more features to the D-Lux 4 on the likes of the Canon G9/G10 I think that would be their answer to the digital CL. I've used a G9 as a backup camera for over a year now and the first time I held it it reminded me of my now long gone CL.

 

[mike_j]

I don't expect a new CL based on the micro 4/3 but the registration distance suggests than an adaptor for LTM and M lenses will be practical.

Possbly the Olympus would team up nicely with a Color Skopar 15 or 21mm with aux. viewfinder?

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092208olympus_micro_four_thirds.asp