{"id":25224,"date":"2008-09-25T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/uncategorized\/photokina-2008-leica-chief-spells-out-passion-fuelled-mission-25224"},"modified":"2015-04-27T14:26:33","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:26:33","slug":"photokina-2008-leica-chief-spells-out-passion-fuelled-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photokina-2008-leica-chief-spells-out-passion-fuelled-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Photokina 2008: Leica chief spells out passion-fuelled &#8216;mission&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leica&#8217;s CEO Andreas Kaufmann insists that the firm is on the up and is firmly committed to avoiding the &#8216;strategic mistakes&#8217; of the past.<\/p>\n<p>Kaufmann (pictured) was speaking at a meeting held at Photokina in Germany where, two days ago, Leica officially unveiled its new <a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/_Leica_Ssystem_to_launch_in_summer_2009__Larger_than_fullframe_DSLR__Leica_S2_compared_to_historic_Leica_1_news_268338.html&quot;\" title=\"S-system\">S-system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He praised Leica&#8217;s workforce for their &#8216;high motivation&#8217; during times of &#8216;crisis&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Though he did not elaborate on past mistakes, Kaufmann said that the firm is &#8216;leaner, more agile, more innovative&#8217; and on a path to success, sparked by the S-system camera announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The fireworks have just begun,&#8217; he told journalists, revealing that the top secret plans for the S2 camera were code-named &#8216;Project AFRica&#8217;. The &#8216;AFR&#8217; stands for Auto-Focus-Reflex.<\/p>\n<p>However, he warned that there is still a &#8216;long hard haul&#8217; ahead for Leica.<\/p>\n<p>Pledging &#8216;long term investment&#8217; in the company&#8217;s future, he said: &#8216;Leica is a [personal] passion and a mission at the same time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But he stressed that the firm must not seek short term profit at the expense of the high standards it sets itself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Leica will continue towards a digital future but we will not compromise basic brand value,&#8217; he explained, telling invited guests that early digital technology did not satisfy the company&#8217;s requirements. &#8216;Mass is no substitute for class&#8230; New technologies have to be mature&#8230; We don&#8217;t have to be the first at any cost but, for sure, we have to be the best.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Kaufmann was speaking in German &#8211; to a largely German-speaking audience &#8211; his comments then translated into English through an interpreter.<\/p>\n<p>For a full report on Mr Kaufmann&#8217;s speech, plus more on the proposed <a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/_Leica__R10_classic_digital_SLR_camera_on_horizon__Firm_also_announces_tieup_with_Phase_One_for_S2_model_news_268395.html\" title=\"Leica R10 on way\">Leica R10<\/a> and expected M9, see future printed issues of <em>Amateur Photographer<\/em> (AP). For exclusive stories behind the products on show at this week&#8217;s Photokina, held in Cologne, look out for the AP <em>Informer<\/em>, a free supplement due out next month.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED ARTICLES<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/_Leica__R10_classic_digital_SLR_camera_on_horizon__Firm_also_announces_tieup_with_Phase_One_for_S2_model_news_268395.html\" title=\"Leica R10 on way\">Leica R10 announced at Photokina<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/_Leica_Ssystem_to_launch_in_summer_2009__Larger_than_fullframe_DSLR__Leica_S2_compared_to_historic_Leica_1_news_268338.html&quot;\" title=\"S-system\">Leica S-system unwrapped<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Picture credit (below): Chris Cheesman<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/KAUFMANN.low_1.jpg\" alt=\"Andreas Kaufmann\"><\/img><em>Leica Camera AG&#8217;s CEO Andreas Kaufmann pictured with a working prototype of the S2, which is on show at Photokina in Cologne, Germany<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/photokina.jpg\" alt=\"Photokina 2008\"><\/img><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leica&#8217;s CEO Andreas Kaufmann insists that the firm is on the up and is firmly committed to avoiding the &#8216;strategic mistakes&#8217; of the past.<\/p>\n<p><em>Leica Camera AG&#8217;s CEO Andreas Kaufmann pictured with a working prototype of the S2, which is on show at Photokina in Cologne, Germany<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Picture credit: Chris Cheesman <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":25225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-25224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Photokina 2008: Leica chief spells out passion-fuelled &#039;mission&#039; - Amateur Photographer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Leica&#039;s CEO Andreas Kaufmann insists that the firm on the up and is firmly committed to avoiding the &#039;strategic mistakes&#039; of the past. 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