Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd get one, pretty much no matter the price. I love my little Digilux Zoom, but it is not something that I can practically use for work. A body that accepted all of my LTM lenses (with adapters) and produced a high end digital output would pretty much be a Godssend. (Save me from having to buy an S1 and a whole new range of lenses.) I imagine that they'd have a hard time keeping up with the demand for such and it would still be in keeping with Mr. K's preference not to take on Leica head to head. (As they can't seem to be bothered to really address the digital consumer demand.) Carpe Luminem, Michael At 12:22 PM 3/24/01 -0500, Douglas Cooper wrote: >Well, I had a eureka moment this morning. Despite all the moaning about >Japanese mega-concerns daring to make us useful Leica-related products, >wouldn't it be nice -- given that Leica itself may take forever to issue a >digital camera capable of using M lenses -- if Cosina or Konica developed >just such a beast! And they are both perfectly positioned to do this, in >terms of size and proximity to the industry. Cosina could even team up with >one of its regular partners to help with the electronics: Nikon and Olympus >make the most advanced prosumer digitals out there. > >Tom A, maybe you could bring this up with your Cosina friends? (And I don't >mean to imply in any way the disgraceful slanders that you suffered here a >week ago -- it's *good* that the Leica community has a direct connection to >the decision-makers at that company.) > > > >Douglas Cooper >http://www.dysmedia.com > >NO ARCHIVE