Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow, really? I hope it comes in somewhere around $200. Happy Holidays everyone! On 12/23/05, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > Thanks for the update. I hope it does come in around $4K. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Michiel > Fokkema > Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:41 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] Digital Md > > > Hi, > > Erwin Puts has written an article on the Leica Md in the Dutch Camera > magazine. Erwin heard this form Stefan Daniel at the LHSA meeting in > October. When compare this info with the last fotomontage in the LFI it > might be a bit out of date already > These are the highlights in the article: > Kodak sensor which will have very special micro lenses to partly solve > the angel of the incoming lightrays. Crop factor will be 1.33. 10,5 mega > pixels. no anti alias filter, the infrared filter is incorporated with > the sensor covering glass which is also hardened to make sure the filter > is as thin as possible. Imacon is out, Jenoptik might be in. The Md will be > shown at the Photokina 2006 and right away can be > delivered(hahaha). > Erwin thinks the price will be at least 4000 Euro. > It will be a lookalike of the M7 but will not share the same housing. It > will rather look like a big M5 with motor transport to cock the shutter. > The shutter will be the same as in the R9. No interchangeable backs as > with the DMR. > 2.5 inch display and the normal M rangefinder. Not yet clear which > frames or what the magnification of the vf will be. > New wide angles will come to maintain the position of reportage camera. > > Cheers, > > Michiel Fokkema > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >