Leica to launch consumer digital SLR
Leica is slated to announce the launch of a consumer digital SLR camera, BJP has been told, complementing today's launches of the M9 compact camera whose details have been leaked for weeks
BJP understands that Leica will today unveil a "consumer focused digital SLR," a source tells the magazine. The addition, a first for Leica, would complement today's annoucement of the Leica M9 compact camera.
Details, full specifications and images of the M9 have long been available online at sites such as LeicaRumors. However, the news of a consumer DSLR had never been leaked until today.
The source's information comes after Leica publicly aknowledged that further products will be announced today. Writing on the official Leica Twitter account yesterday, a Leica representative said: "There may be something in our webcast that you still don´t know about....."
BJP will be reporting live from the Leica press conference today from 2pm (London time).
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