[Leica] Konost "Leica" YA GOTTA LOVE IT!!!

Tue Feb 24 17:18:51 PST 2015

When the T came out I thought I was not the only one who had no interest in
it as it was a cropped camera and the idea of shooting thought the centers
of my Leica M glass does not appeal to me in a compact camera I was
expecting an answer to Sony's RX1 a camera which like the film based Rollei
35 gave a Leica screw mount or M a run for its money which fits in your
pocket and cost quite a bit less.
Leica though had other ideas on undercutting itself and seems happy with the
idea that you need now seven grand to power your cache of Leica M glass.
This is ok as other companies can supply that whim as they've done in the
past.

The Leica T has an interface which compares with an IPhone.
I'm not looking for that as I can just about make a phone call on my iPhone
unless they go the whole route and allow me to make phone calls with it.
Then I can stare at it all day like everyone else does. Read War and Peace
on the back.

My main axe to grind is this camera is not vaporware as in a fig Newton of
some software designers imagination.
Its crowd funding ware.. A new thing foisted upon us in the camera industry.
"I will come out with this cool camera if you all pretend I'm Muscular
Sclerosis and send me a big pile of money"
Id love  for a real camera company to come out with a simple and concise
full frame M glass solution. One which won't dissolve when everyone decides
they are not their new favorite charity.

On 2/24/15 4:40 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Dr Ted it is a concept that they hope will appeal to enough people to
> get enough money so that they can try to develop and market it. I think
> that it would be a formidable challenge to produce especially with a
> comparatively miniscule R&D budget, no manufacturing base or experience.
> As far as I know Kyle's figure of USD 1300 was just a speculation on what
> people might pay for such a camera
> The styling and concept looks to be copied straight from an actual Leica
> (the T)
> Take a look:
> http://us.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-T/Leica-T-Camera-System
> It has its own AF lens system and an adapter that allows the use of M lenses
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
> On 25 February 2015 at 07:28, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Larry Zeitlin OFFERED:>> This looks very interesting.
>>>> M lens mount.
>>>> No unnecessary buttons.
>>>> I really like the all digital rangefinder concept - no mirror, no?
>> calibration worries.
>> http://konost.com/
>> ===================================================================
>> 
>> Hi Larry, Thanks for the heads-up on this new "LEICA LIKE CAMERA?????"
>> =====================================================
>> Hi CREW,
>> What think you folks? Maybe some bright thinking people at LEICA should be
>> looking at a camera with these capabilities at a much lower price than what
>> they're charging these days???
>> 
>> If one thinks about this a tad and considers that this "KONOST CAMERA" uses
>> LEICA LENSES! No fiddling around "click and mount your Noctilux or whatever
>> LEICA glass" with a capture capability of >>a 20mp Full Frame CMOS image
>> sensor <<< It would seem?  "HOW CAN YOU GO WRONG? If the price is much
>> lower
>> than a new "M LEICA?" of today?
>> 
>> In any event me not being a camera/equipment testing photog? However? In
>> this case I certainly wouldn't mind getting my hands and an eye to one of
>> these "KONOST" FF cameras!
>> 
>> Given the details other than a firm price? This may become a "MAJOR
>> CHALLENGING FOR LEICA??????? Simply because there isn't any extra "lens
>> fiddling to be done!" Other than clicking it onto the body and away you go!
>> One just has to love it!!!!!!! :-) Truly KISS simple! :-)  By the same
>> token
>> let's hope that is true!
>> 
>> It does appear this is a truly "KISS CAMERA" for those who just want to
>> take
>> pictures for fun and living happy without all the so called techie bells
>> and
>> whistles! Truly a simple?  "SEE-CLICK" camera! :-)
>> 
>> Let's hope so at a reasonable price! :-)
>> cheers,
>> Dr. ted
>> ======================================================
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf
>> Of
>> Larry Zeitlin via LUG
>> Sent: February-24-15 12:08 PM
>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>> Subject: [Leica] Konost "Leica"
>> 
>>  Don't knock the idea of a simplified all electronic Leica. With current
>> technology it is MUCH cheaper to do things digitally than with precision
>> made optics and mechanical parts. An all electronic rangefinder sounds
>> great. No cams, prisms, movable parts. Less expense. There is no shortage
>> of
>> sensor manufacturers. Numerous approaches to doing away with microlenses
>> have been offered. Some on this very list. Remember a camera is just a box
>> with a lens on one side and a sensor on the other. Almost every thing else
>> is negotiable. Leica doesn't have a lock on all the good optical and
>> electronic engineers in the world. I am told that there are a few in Japan,
>> the US, and maybe even in Australia.
>> Larry Z
>> - - -
>> This looks very interesting.
>> M lens mount.
>> No unnecessary buttons.
>> I really like the all digital rangefinder concept - no mirror, no?
>> calibration worries.
>> 
>> 
>> http://konost.com/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://photorumors.com/2015/02/23/konost-ff-is-a-full-frame-digital-rangefin
>> der-camera-that-seeks-funding/
>> 
>> 
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