Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/15

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Subject: [Leica] Leica's manufacturing
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:22:02 -0400
 
> Actually it was three years ago when the M8 was launched - and given the
> actual timescale of M8 development probably a year before that in reality.
> 
> M9 development started about 18 months ago - which is when I guess they 
> were
> able to be confident about producing a full frame M9.
> 
> Steve


Three years ago it was a different digital world when the M8 came out.
Why bother spending millions figure out out how to make things work out to
the outer edges when most digital professional photography was done at that
time with a crop factor of around 1.5. Not now. Now the professional world
is squarely standardized at 24x36mm's.
1.5 for quick and dirties. Small shots for the web only. Maybe and if that.




Mark William Rabiner
In reply to: Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] Leica's manufacturing)