Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/27

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Subject: [Leica] FYI
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Fri Feb 27 04:33:14 2009

The big news is that Epson has not given up on digital M.
We all thought they had;
Long long ago.
And they didn't call it the R2D2!

So if Leica has given up on larger format for the M then maybe Epson is not
aware of what is impossible and they will go ahead and JUST DO IT.
And I'd buy it


Mark William Rabiner



> From: Richard Man <richard.lists@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:17:31 -0800
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] FYI
> 
> No mention of new sensor so it *must* still be only 6.1MP? But then who
> knows that small sensors are still available :-)
> 
> The LCD is larger but fixed, no more swiveling. The shutter is "better,"
> presumably quieter? Comes with a grip and support for up to 32 GB SDHC.
> 
> The street cost is probably ~$2000, so around $500-$800 cheaper than an M8.
> 
> Things not mentioned: write time? Any faster? Any sensor improvement?
> 
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:08 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden@me.com> wrote:
> 
>> This could be a very interesting development if the price is right - dow
>> you have any indication of what the price will be?
>> 
>> 
> -- 
> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com
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