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Leica has refused to either confirm or deny rumours that it is gearing up to announce a full-frame ‘M9’ digital rangefinder camera next month.<\/strong><\/p>\n

French magazine Chasseur d’image<\/em> has reported that Leica is to release a successor to its non-full frame M8 in September.<\/p>\n

‘We are not making any comment on any of the rumours,’ said Leica Camera Limited marketing manager Jenny Hodge.<\/p>\n

Speaking this morning, she told Amateur Photographer<\/em> (AP): ‘There have been a lot of rumours for a while and we have had a lot of calls about it.’<\/p>\n

Last year, Leica Camera’s former CEO Steven K Lee, was removed from power<\/a> by the company’s supervisory board after he controversially suggested<\/a> that Leica was seriously considering upgrading the company’s M8 digital rangefinder with a full-frame sensor. <\/p>\n

The firm later issued a statement, countering Lee’s comments. <\/p>\n

However, a full-frame digital rangefinder<\/a> camera has continued to be an option for Leica, a spokesman told AP in an interview at the PMA trade show in the United States.<\/p>\n

In February, Christian Erhardt, director of marketing for Leica USA’s Photographic Division, said: ‘We are always looking for new products? We will have to see what technology brings.’ <\/p>\n

However, he stressed that Leica would still have to overcome the issue of short back focus and the difficulties faced by digital sensors when light approaches from narrow angles. <\/p>\n

This problem arises when producing a full-frame sensor in a rangefinder body, where the rear lens element sits so close to the camera’s digital sensor. <\/p>\n

Erhardt told AP that customer feedback suggested M8 users ‘are not bothered’ by non-full-frame. <\/p>\n

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