Was the Leica m9 brochure leaked before official announcement?
Leica M9 Brochure Leaked: 18 Megapixel Full-Frame Sensor * By Charlie Sorrel Email Author * September 8, 2009 | * 6:39 am | * Categories: Cameras See what a little corporate secrecy can do? It drives the public, and the reporters, nuts, kicking up a whole lot of sparkly publicity-dust along the way. And doesn’t hurt that the brand in question is the cult camera-maker, Leica. Today’s exciting news is that the details of tomorrow’s “secret” announcement have been leaked in the form of a pdf brochure and an online mini-site. The products are the M9, an update to the M8 rangefinder line, and the X1, a compact camera with a big CMOS sensor. The M9’s big feature is its full-frame sensor, which will allow proper use of the company’s legendary lenses; the M8, like other crop-framed cameras, would make these lenses longer than they were meant to be. The larger sensor hasn’t added any sensitivity – ISO still tops out at 2500 – but it has let Leica squeeze some extra pixels on there: 18 of them,
The products are the M9, an update to the M8 rangefinder line, and the X1, a compact camera with a big CMOS sensor. The M9’s big feature is its full-frame … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNE5sj-BRognKlNHP-qyU13yPIK9BQ&cid=1309171668&ei=9J2nStidMpDq8gSIt7YR&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.
