Camera to be produced under Matsushita, Leica tie-up

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a digital video camera Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. plans to release Oct. 1 under a tie-up agreement with Leica Camera of Germany to develop lenses for such cameras. The NV-MX3000 digital camcorder incorporates a Leica Dicomer lens system jointly developed by the two companies.

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