Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/22

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Subject: [Leica] Official picture of digital-M?
From: images at InfoAve.Net (Tina Manley)
Date: Thu Dec 22 14:21:29 2005
References: <6.2.3.4.2.20051222163103.02cc9458@mail.rhtc.net> <43965AF900082CBD@mssbzhh-int.msg.bluewin.ch>

Thanks!  As long as I can use my current M lenses, I'll be happy.

Tina


At 04:51 PM 12/22/2005, you wrote:
>Tina,
>
>The article in the German edition of LFI seems clearer: Leica is going to
>present new wide-angle lenses at the same time as the Digital M. The reason
>is that the current lenses will become "longer" on the DM due to the crop
>factor. The 21 behaves like a 28 and the 28 like a 35. Therefore there will
>be the need for new, shorter (wider) lenses to fill the gap. These lenses
>will be usable on both the Digital M and the film M bodies.
>
>Peter
>
> >-- Original-Nachricht --
> >Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:32:53 -0500
> >From: Tina Manley <images@infoave.net>
> >Subject: RE: [Leica] Official picture of digital-M?
> >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> >Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> >
> >
> >It says that "The Digital M will be introduced as a complete package
> >that will include new wide-angle lenses."  I suppose that means that
> >our current M lenses won't work with the digital camera?  That would
> >defeat the whole purpose to me.
> >
> >Tina
> >
> >
> >At 04:23 PM 12/22/2005, you wrote:
> >>Albert Wang wrote:
> >> >  Looks like the upcoming issue of LFI (Jan.  2006) includes a 
> >> > "mock-up"
> >> >  picture of the new digital M. It says M7  Digital
> >> >  but hopefully they will rename it to M-Digital 1 or MD1 which
> >> >  would be the start of a new generation.
> >>
> >>You can see it here, and read the propaganda/marketing too:
> >>http://www.lfi-online.de/ceemes/show.php?lfi_index_english
> >>
> >>
> >>- Phong
> >>
> >>
> >>
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