[Leica] Photos of M8

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

David Young offered:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Photos of M8
>My "spies" tell me that the R10d (which, I understand, is to be  Leica's 
>next project, if the M8d (or whatever it's to be called) is  a success) is 
>to be built in an R8/9 shell, but with all the film  guts removed, so that 
>all the DMR stuff will fit into the shell...  should be no big problem. 
>Rumour has it that focus confirmation is  planned, as well.<<<<<<<

Steve Unsworth responded:
> So will I be able to send my R8 to Solms for an upgrade ;-)<<<

Steve,
I realize there's a smiley, but it's actually a damn fine idea! Imagine if 
they were bright enough to have an economical upgrade for present R8-9 
owners and how many would jump at it quickly. I for one would ship mine 
right away to be first in line.... "But the price would have to be right!" 
:-) And not a 6 month re-fit and return policy.

But given it's highly unlikely, I wouldn't adventure into holding my breathe 
for three minutes that it would happen! By the same token it might not be 
possible to gut the film innards and re-place with the new digi parts.

But it's not a bad idea for a good price, besides they'd have a greater 
number of digital R's on the street faster than they would selling a 
completely brand new camera. Of course this could make it look like the 
Leica R8-9-10 were the "in digi-camera of the day" motivating far more 
sales.  Maybe?

ted