Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, it'd be an M9 with the new sensor, 18mp & less on board memory than the M10 (no video). Same viewfinder as the M6/7/9. It'll give Leica an excuse to continue to mfgr body & view/rangefinder parts and let us mechanical M owners sleep nights. On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 12:40 AM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > If the ME doesn't have an EVF, then what? A sorta real Leica with nothing > more than a chimp screen would be just a fancier Panasonic, wouldn?t it? > -----Original Message----- From: Richard Taylor > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 10:56 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica ME? > > > The rumor seems to go against that possibility since it states the ME will > not have an EVF. To take it seriously for a moment, I'm trying to think > how an ME might be different from the also rumored M10. > > One big difference could be a CCD sensor vs. the CMOS one in the M10. > > Another might be APS-C--with a sensor more capable than the M8--rather > than full-frame. > > Another might be a simplified optical viewfinder/rangefinder. > > Beyond that, I'm at a loss. > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > On Aug 26, 2012, at 11:30 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: > > I'm guessing Leica "M" "E"lectronic, kinda like the "E" version of the M6 >> or MP. >> >> On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at >> comcast.net >>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> >>> An ME for the Me Generation? >>>> >>>> >>> Probably a mime of the "less expensive" RE >>> >>> >>> >>> Sonny >>> http://sonc.com/look/ >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>> >>> USA >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >>> more information >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -Lew Schwartz >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- -Lew Schwartz