Leading German manufacturer to support open standard for digital SLR Cameras
February 26, 2006 -- Olympus Imaging Corp. (President: Masaharu Okubo) is pleased to announce the participation of Leica Camera AG of Germany in the Four Thirds System standard for digital SLR cameras. Olympus has encouraged other manufacturers to participate in this open standard since it was first established, and will continue to promote its widespread acceptance in the future.

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Olympus Press Release

the best lenses available to the FourThirds market

Såg i en tråd i ett annat forum följande:
"Our goal is clear: to provide the best lenses available to the FourThirds market. This quality will have an appropriate price". The lenses are designed and developed by Leica at Solms, and manufactured in Japan, using Solms QA processes.

Leica intend to maintain three product lines, M, R and 4/3 (and compact)

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dpreview tråd refererande till LFI

Jag har problem med att få upp länken, men syftar LFI på tidskriften LEICA Fotografie International?

Undrar just var Leica är någonstans??

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http://www.photoxels.com/article-third-leica-system.html