Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT:New Contax N Digital in 2001, was: New Contax autofocus SLR
From: Doug Herr <telyt560@cswebmail.com>
Date: 18 Jul 2000 11:04:41 -0700

On Tue, 18 July 2000, John Coan wrote:

> 
> Yes, this will be very nice.  I might postpone my purchasing any other
> digital camera.
> 
> Also, the interchangable lenses will be the stable of new autofocus
> lenses for the Contax N, PLUS all the AF lenses for the Contax 645
> medium format (using the center portion only).
> 
> PLUS, there is an adaptor to fit Hasselblad lenses and Carl Zeiss Jena
> lenses on the 645.  These thus should also work on the N digital with
> the announced adaptor for the 645 (using two adaptors).  And again,
> using only the center part of the medium format lens.
> 
> For once, with 6 megapixels, a digital camera will actually be able to
> use the sort of image a Zeiss lens delivers at the focal plane.
> 

Instead of using only the center portion of the medium-format lens' field, wouldn't a tilt/shift adapter be cool?

Doug Herr
Sacramento
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