Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If the raw castings can be machined to suit it is the least expensive solution. The S bayonet has a bigger throat, so there should be room for a mechanical insert with stop down mechanism. The sensor itself can be mounted inside the body casting at the appropriate R distance from the mounting flange. It is bigger than we would probably like, but smaller than the big Canon and Nikon bodies, and perhaps lighter than my R8/DMR. How good a price they can do would be interesting, the sensor would obviously be cheaper than the "S" sensor, but that viewfinder is probably mighty expensive... Frank ----- Original Message ---- From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, 8 September, 2010 16:32:29 Subject: Re: [Leica] New R Solution? Wow - and from an engineer I'm stunned Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 8, 2010, at 1:47 AM, Frank Dernie wrote: > best idea yet, George. > IMO > > On 7 Sep, 2010, at 23:50, George Lottermoser wrote: > >> How about an SR? >> >> A scaled down S2. >> An S2 with a 24x36 sensor >> (or 28x38 which I believe all R lenses would cover pretty damn well) >> and with an R lens mount. >> >> The basic body tooling exists. >> Minor adjustments for plane of focus (sensor) to lens mount distances. >> The larger ground glass with smaller frame lines would be wonderful. >> Basic electronics exist. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information