Re: [Leica] Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-)

["Gary Williams" <nasmformyzombie@mindspring.com>]

In the past 10-15 years every camera maker has abandoned its manual focus
users and introduced a new auto-focus mount, making its previous incarnation
of lenses obsolete.  (OK, Nikon did not entirely abandon its manual focus
mount, but is now having problems mating its autofocus mount to full frame
digital).  There is some very good and relatively inexpensive previous
generation R glass (60mm Elmarit, 90mm Elmarit, 180mm Telyt to name three)
that will work very nicely with a digital body.  Beats the heck out of
buying new glass or a whole new system.

If Leica can pull this off---introduce a digital back or digital camera and
not change the existing R mount---I say Leica is AHEAD of the curve, at
least in terms of supporting the initial investment of its user base.

"Imagine" that.

Gary




- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Laurel" <jplaurel@nwlink.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-)


> $7500 for a 10 megapixel camera with a 1.3x chip.  What possible reason
> could anyone have for choosing something like this over the EOS1Ds?  Good
> old Leica, behind the curve as usual.
>
>
> >     The R DIGITAL - the Rd, or RD
> > As they all say, it will come in the form of a replaceable $7,500.00
> around
> > 10 megapixel  '1.3X multiplier' size chip, CMOS in nature. Essentially,
> you
>
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