Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, Visoflex was only mentioned in jest during the dinner. I wouldn't bet your house on a new design ;-) I'm going back to the factory tomorrow and seeing many people again, plus the customer service folks (there's a very nice story attached to that). 2009/6/15 Steve Unsworth <lug at steveunsworth.co.uk> > This isn't aimed at you Geoff, rather a general statement. > > There's currently a point being put forward on the LUF, mainly by one > individual it has to be said, about Leica needing to concentrate their R&D > efforts on a new Visioflex for the M. > > Any thought about the viability of such a system? I've taken quite a > hard-line 'you have to be joking' stance as I think it's a waste of money > to > attempt to resurrect a system that wasn't popular 30 years ago. > > Do people think such a system would sell to M users? > > Steve > > > On 14/6/09 22:01, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Some amplication to the best of my recollection: > > > > Stefan said that an important factor for any possible future Leica > digital > > camera is that Leica developed and control all of the S2 design in house. > > When he said that Leica was unhappy with current four thirds sensor > quality > > (noise) and a four thirds system camera was not planned, there were > > rumblings from the floor and he was pressed about an EVF model > (Electronic > > ViewFinder for those not keeping up). He did not verbally respond to a > > quastion whether Leica could design their own sensor. He asked for a show > of > > hands for who would buy such a camera. Perhaps one third or the room > raised > > their hands. Further question on the EVF resulted on a statement that > Leica > > regarded the Panasonic G1 as the very lowest acceptable quality for any > such > > hypothetical EVF. Another Japanese electronics manufacturer (not Fuji, > Nikon > > or Canon) was mentioned as a possible future partner. Leica also does not > > intend to directly compete with Canon/Nikon on dSLRs. > > Leica is also reportedly happy with their connection with Jen Optik but > > not Imacon. > > The German word that Herr Daniels used for the solution for R lenses (not > > before next Photokina, too ambitious) was ad?quat if native German > speakers > > care to micro dissect his meaning. > > 2009/6/14 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff 'Life's not B&W, except at both ends' http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman