Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Modify it for what? They have been advertising that all M and LSM lenses with M adapters will work with no changes. They are saying they will produce new lenses for the loss fo WA coverage. Gene -----Original Message----- From: Didier Ludwig <rangefinder@screengang.com> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 09:32:32 +0200 Subject: [Leica] Leica modifying M-mount for digital M? I have just read in another list, from a quite reliable source not completely unknown on the LUG, that Leica plans to modify the M-mount for the digital M: >The Leica M digital will have a modified M-mount >with a bar code which tells the camera the focal length. >The correct frameline will then be electronically changed. >While Leica will sell kits at about $125 each to update Leica >M lenses to the M digital it remains to be seen if those kits can >be used on non Leica made lenses. My personal comment: The only reason to buy such a (anyway overpriced) camera is when one has a closet full of M and LTM lenses. If one needs to "upgrade" every lens for $125 to make it functional on the digital M (and maybe even non-functional on the film bodies), he might as well change the system. Leica - one step forward, two steps backwards. Didier ps: the R-D1 is getting more and more interesting for me - it takes M-mount lenses! ;-) _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information