Video Features in Upcoming Leica M10?

Leica has hinted that it will introduce high-definition video recording features with its long-awaited M10 camera at Photokina on September.

In an interview with bjp-online.com and other UK-based photography magazines, Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, Leica’s head of supervisory board, refused to comment on ongoing product development, but said that he looked at the M series as a family of cameras with different models such as the M9 and the possible M10 sold alongside each other. “Let’s talk around Photokina,” he added. “We have two events this year (this one in Berlin and Photokina in September) because we have such a huge product roadmap at the moment.”

When asked if such a new camera could include high-definition video recording features, Kaufmann said that “theoretically, yes,” adding that there are some issues with introducing video in a camera – “the data rate, the heat, and the battery lifecycle, but I think we solved that. No comment until we show it on existing and new models.”

“HD video is interesting, and a lot of photographers would love to have it (in an M body),” Kaufmann said.