Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ---------- >From: "Les Bonser" <lbonser@worldnet.att.net> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: [Leica] Re: digital angst >Date: Sun, Mar 12, 2000, 4:04 AM > > Hello everyone, > > Some comments below... > > > > I'm probably going to hate myself when someone takes my idea and makes > millions with it.... :-) > > Maybe this is a business opportunity for someone or some company: a digital > body with a variety of lens mounts. Maybe Leica, Contex, Canon, and Nikon, > or whatever. Use your high-quality, manual focus lenses on a > state-of-the-art digital capture body. True to life optical rangefinder > focusing, manual-style control dials, and a "hidden" preview LCD under a > flap. Maybe with retro-styling to make it appear to be a classic Leica III > or Nikon S! > > Les > I posted this before, but you and I seem to agree. Make a Leica M a high end digital camera by substituting the removable back flap with a digital sensor and house the media storage and electronics along with the batteries in a case like a moter drive attached in place of the bottom plate. All you would need is a machinical device to hold the shutter open and perhaps Leica would design some lenses for the purpose. It would work on any M camera. John