Today, Leica is making a pretty large announcement. They’re now developing a strategic partnership with a CMOS-sensor company called GPixel. GPixel, which is located in China, a separate from Sony — who makes most of the camera sensors that you see in your cameras. Besides Sony, some manufacturers get their sensors from companies like Tower Jazz or Toshiba. What this is likely to mean is that in the future, when you buy a Leica camera, it’s very likely to not be something very similar to what the Japanese brands are making. Hence, this is adding the variety that our industry so desperately needs.
