Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have seen it, it is the spiting image of an M6 but a fat one, it will hit the store in Christmas just before the spending season. Leica has also borrowed the back plain focus from contax ax and this camera will auto focus as well. 6 meg ccd are too big and expensive for leica now, contax is expecting to price their new 6meg camera for 6k and they have a lot of resource so u figure a leica one would cost over 10k, i don't think so. they are probably much better off with a 5meg camera and step up to the higher res later one. Let's face it our beloved leica is made by a tiny company who is squeaking by qtr by qtr. _____________________________________ Thanks, Mehrdad [-----Original Message----- [From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Austin [Franklin [Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 7:05 PM [To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [Subject: RE: [Leica] digital M [ [ [ [> > According to Erwin Puts' very excellent _Leica Compendium_, [> which I just got [> > today, lenses like the Apo-Summicron-M 1:2/90 ASPH can easily [> resolve 100 [> > lp/mm [> > with high contrast even wide open. That would require a CCD [> with a minimum of [> > 7200x4800 pixels to resolve. Is such a CCD in the works? [> There's no point in [> > having lenses like this if they cannot be fully used. [> [> pardon me sir, but that is a steaming load of crap [ [Which part of it? That Erwin said it? That a Leica lense can record 100 [lp/mm on film, or that 100 lp/mm is equivalent to 7200x4800? [ [Also, keep in mind, that for color, if it's a single sensor, you [really only [get 1/4th the color information... [