Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Cummer Family wrote: > (beyond the badge engineering of the Fuji MX 1700/ Leica digilux zoom) to > bring out a Leica M mount mega pix digital camera that would let me use my > Leica M lenses As we seem to be in a Renaissance of range finder cameras, Leica is going to be more and more pressed to compete on a playing field no longer all their own. I think Leica could blow the drawers off the competition by introducing not a new camera at all but an attachment for the existing M that will allow digital photography. The least exploited part of the Leica M camera is the back flap which is removable. Leica engineers or Fuji working with Leica could develop a replacement back door with a full size sensor or what ever they are called. The flap could have a flat screen on the back and the batteries and media storage would be housed in a replacement bottom much like a motor drive. The only thing external needed would be an electrical connection between the base and flap and a devise to hold the shutter open. This would work on all existing M cameras. John