Submitted by Double Negative on May 28, 2014 - 11:18am
Amateur Photographer published a series of interviews with Stefan Daniel (Product Manager) and Alfred Schopf (CEO) of Leica Camera AG. Here are the highlights from the interviews:
- Leica received "very nice" amount of orders for the Leica T
- They chose APS-C sensor for the Leica T in order to keep the size of the camera and lenses small
- The Leica T sensor is made by Sony
- The Leica T is hand polished in Portugal
- Leica will not reveal the name of the manufacturer that makes Leica T lenses in Japan (it is not Panasonic)
- In the future Leica T lenses could be produced in Germany as well
- The new plant in Wetzlar will provide at least a 50% increase in productivity
- Leica's revenue doubled in the three years after 2009
- Leica produces around 1000 film cameras per year, 60% of them are sold in Japan
- On a potential full frame Leica T based camera, Leica's CEO answered:
Let's wait and see... Whatever I say can be misinterpreted. Might Leica show up with a full-format camera at some point, with an autofocus? Yes. Don't ask me about the design.