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Subject: [Leica] The Kingdom of Belgium, prototypes
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:30:54 -0400

In Flanders fields the Sensors  grow.
Between the pixel sites, row on row,
CMOS you know is the way to go!
Ho ho ho ho, ho ho ho.




Mark William Rabiner


> From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:44:57 +0200 (CEST)
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Kingdom of Belgium, prototypes
> 
> http://www.cmosis.com/news/press_releases/new_leica_m_uses_cmosis_24_mp_cmos_i
> mage_sensor

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Message du : 20/09/2012
> 19:11
De : "Frank " <red735i at earthlink.net>
A : "Leica Users Group"
> <lug at leica-users.org>
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Sujet : Re: [Leica] The Kingdom of Belgium,
> prototypes


 Minor corrections. The chip is designed in Belgium and
> manufactured under contract in France.  A very popular and common 
> arrangement
> for semiconductors. The sensr is fabricated on 12" (300 mm) wafers. You 
> could
> spend a few minutes trying to figure out the number of sensors per wafern 
> but
> don't waste your time. The yield factor is equally important if not more
> important. 
Anyway with a proprietary sensor Leica CAN differentiate itself.
> The big question is now the software and features that can be thought out. 
> I
> think the Farkas article quite good. 

It IS an exciting time to shoot the
> Leica glass. Personally i think the most s cuting feature to await is the
> built in EVF. when that happens Leica will have arrived and can dominate in
> their area of real expertise: superb optics
Frank Filippone


-----Original
> Message-----
>From: Mark Rabiner 
>Sent: Sep 20, 2012 2:19 AM
>To: Leica Users
> Group 
>Subject: [Leica] The Kingdom of Belgium, prototypes
>
>Americans going
> to Europe would think to go to Germany for a Beer,
>Switzerland for a brick of
> chocolate. Europeans I hear would go to Belgium
>for both. Looking into it I
> also see cheese.  Cheese is a religion in
>France. But it would seem  a few
> people think what comes out of Belgian is
>king in that department as
> well.
>All from a tiny country which don't get no respect. Europeans also
> tease if
>for being middle class in bourgeois way from all I've heard..  How
> much of
>this is true I don't know I'm way over here. I'm interested  as I'm a
> big
>fan of Hercule Poirot .
>But the sensor in the ground shaking Leica M
> about to come out is made in
>Belgium I didn't catch the name of the company.
> Made especially for Leica.
>So it won't be as predictable as part of the same
> sensor making consortiums
>who make them for the Canon's and Nikons and
> familiar others. So its
>exciting to see if it will be a leap ahead of what
> everyone's used to or
>perhaps just a tad behind. Or by coincidence almost
> exactly the same in
>result.
>And no anti alias filter again.  We'd expect
> that. And with cutting edge
>firmware to back it up. Software even. Medium
> rare ware.
>So it will be exciting to see what the results will be. The jpegs
> and
>prints.
>What I didn't quite grab as I watched the video of the guy
> shooting the
>model was that the new Leica M is in prototype state. Were
> pictures really
>being shot? Maybe not. I'm not going to dwell on it and get
> all
>disappointed. The model got paid anyway. If there was a card in the
> camera
>I'm sure they would have turned out great. I hope it was the one with
> the
>card glued in. not the one with no card.
>Lots could change. Its not
> exactly carved out of a block of balsa wood. But
>the Leica M is not fully
> realized yet.  I realized that tonight. I hope
>there are no delays with its
> release. If I had the money in hand I'd wait 5
>months for the bugs to show
> itself and be resolved before getting one. This
>is a huge leap of technology
> for a company based in mechanical excellence.
>... Hammers hitting brass...
> But sooner more than later I'm thinking sooner
>they'll be out there upping
> the bar on the quality of images we're seeing
>and shooting ourselves.
>A
> terribly exciting time to be a die hard Leica nut.
>
>
>
>Mark William
> Rabiner
>Photography
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>
>
>
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