Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:08 PM 5/8/98 +0800, you wrote: >Well for a start it has no movements, no dedicated range of lenses with >appropriate coverage for such movements and it is so far as I have heard not >actually available - your price quote notwithstanding (pls correct me if I >am wrong and also let me know if you know of anyone who uses one). I do believe there is an adapter for such movements. Check the PDF. I will, if I can find it. >But really my point was that a still life studio camera is hardly the kind >of machine Leica needs to revamp its reputation: if Hasselblad came out with >a digital picture desk would it help them?? - Answer: they did and it didn't >and I feel that Leica is erring into territory alien to and at the expense >of their core business. Get the R8 debugged and motorised then we'll see! ;) Well, you won't get any argument from me. Except for the fact that Leica has been doing digital research for quite some time. They were talking about it in the mid-80s. If you remember, the first digital cameras were all these big studio jobbies (at least ones with decent image quality). So Leica is a few years behind, their optical quality is there, now they need to work on speed and size. And they could do a deal with Kodak and attach their electronics to the back of an R8 with minimal fuss. In fact, the way the winder attaches to the bottom of the R8, would indicate it would be easier to attach a digital "bottom" to an R8 than just about any other camera out there. Just take off the back, and screw it in. ========= Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math