Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 6/12/07 10:42 PM, "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> typed: > Bob, > So, nothing firm just more rumors. Nikon would be nuts to come out with a > "near" full frame sensor. They have spent years developing a very > respectable line of DX lenses that would not work on the new camera. You > can barely get the 28-70 2.8 and the 14mm is almost impossible to find so > again, wide angle would be a problem. I agree that a D3 will be coming > soon > as the D2 is just not competitive compared with the D200(price/performance) > ratio and the whole crop thing for high speed shooting. > > On 6/12/07, Afterswift@aol.com <Afterswift@aol.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> It seems that Canon's D5 now has a competitor: The Nikon D3, an 18MP, FF >> digital reflex. >> >> >> _http://www.photographypress.co.uk/news/news.phtml/6266/7290/New-Nikon-D3-DSL>> R >> -coming.phtml_ >> ( >> http://www.photographypress.co.uk/news/news.phtml/6266/7290/New-Nikon-D3-DSLR >> -coming.phtml >> ) >> >> What this news presages for Leica is a mystery. If you figure that almost >> two months have passed since I wrote Leica USA for info about a >> lens shade for >> my CL's 40mm lens, progress must be very gradual in other precincts of >> the >> company. >> >> Bob >> Its a picture of a D2X. There is no D3 story this obsession with the 24x36 format for digital is really getting to me. If this is what you think is your format why not just got out and get the Canon camera a couple of lenses and leave us alone? Mark Rabiner Harlem, NY markrabiner.com