Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd imagine that the Epson R-D1 did push up some schedules, but only Leica people know, and they ain't talking... I'm not sure they can project with any certainty how well they can solve the sensor issues back in the days. The megapixel count is the easy part, but using the right microlens for different area? I'm not sure how well they can predict when they would have solved the problem (assuming the problems are solved). On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Vick Ko<vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote: > > - Leica embarks on making the digital M, and joins up with Kodak for the > sensor, a number of years ago. - the pre-prototype works like crap. ?Lens > flange distance is too short, oblique rays are causing havoc. ?Not issue > with making a 24x36mm sensor size, just major issue with getting it to work > - Kodak says "We can solve the sensor problem - ETA June 2009". ?In the > meantime, we can do the 2/3rd size 10 Meg sensor of the M8 for when you > want > to launch the M8 (two, threee? years ago). > - what does Leica do? ?Choice of hold off to now (2009) for FF, or > introduce > the interim camera M8, at when they did? > > History shows what happened, but I anticipate that behind the doors at > Solms, and Kodak, the FF camera was in work all the time. ?And in that > time, > they were applying the learnings and errors from the M8 to be fixed in the > M9. > > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963