How did I miss this? Amateur Photographer (UK) has an article where they say:

Leica’s chief has dropped strong hints that the firm is planning to launch a full-frame 35mm sensor-based digital rangefinder camera.

Steven Lee, chief executive officer of Leica Camera AG, today told Amateur Photographer that the camera could form part of a future upgrade option for the current M8.

But he said Leica wants to make sure that a full-frame option is ready before launch, in a bid to avoid a repeat of issues that dogged the M8 launch.

This is inevitable and there’ve been strong M9/M10 rumors for a while. I’ve lot to see this sooner rather than later though- maybe it’ll light a fire under Nikon and also put some price pressure on them– I can’t see Nikon making a $4k DX-sensor rangefinder if Leica’s got a fullframe version for $5k.

It’s also really cool to see that they’re actually attempting to make it so that M8 owners might be able to upgrade- maybe their new shutter is from the R&D they’re doing on the M9…

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