Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, No, we don't agree. My idea was to have someone make a *brand new camera* that looks "retro" but that was designed from the ground up to be a digital. I don't want to spoil my beautiful M6 by bastardizing it with some add-on digital panel! Les >Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 23:49:32 +0000 >From: "John Shick" <bosjohn@mediaone.net> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: digital angst > > ---------- >>From: "Les Bonser" <lbonser@worldnet.att.net> >>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >>Subject: [Leica] Re: digital angst >>Date: Sun, Mar 12, 2000, 4:04 AM >> > >> Hello everyone, >> >> Some comments below... >> >> > >> >> I'm probably going to hate myself when someone takes my idea and makes >> millions with it.... :-) >> >> Maybe this is a business opportunity for someone or some company: a digital >> body with a variety of lens mounts. Maybe Leica, Contex, Canon, and Nikon, >> or whatever. Use your high-quality, manual focus lenses on a >> state-of-the-art digital capture body. True to life optical rangefinder >> focusing, manual-style control dials, and a "hidden" preview LCD under a >> flap. Maybe with retro-styling to make it appear to be a classic Leica III >> or Nikon S! >> >> Les >> >I posted this before, but you and I seem to agree. Make a Leica M a high end >digital camera by substituting the removable back flap with a digital sensor >and house the media storage and electronics along with the batteries in a >case like a moter drive attached in place of the bottom plate. All you >would need is a machinical device to hold the shutter open and perhaps Leica >would design some lenses for the purpose. It would work on any M camera. >John > >------------------------------