Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Someone also posted this announcement on Phil Greenspun's photo.net on April 1. Since there was no subsequent mention on the LUG until now, I viewed the information with skepticism. Roy On 8 Apr 00, at 6:58, Ted Grant wrote: > > > Subject: New: Leica digital M6 camera !! > > News from a friend at Leica Germany. > > They will announce in 3 weeks that they will produce a little bomb that > will be a revolution in the Leica *M* world... > > The Leica M6D, with a 10Mpixel CCD (Super CCD from Fuji like ?). > They could produce such a high res CCD because they discard > color information... It's a B&W only CCD ! > > Leica realized that 95% of the M owners were loading their > camera with B&W films.