Re: [Leica] Re: R8 replacement - Leica going digital

["Margaret Jeffcoat" <margaret01@excelonline.com>]

I thought there was talk about the current R-8 taking a digital back or that
one was in the thought process when the R-8 was developed.
Cheers Wilber
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From: Cummer Family <cummer@asiaonline.net>
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Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:27 PM
Subject: [Leica] Re: R8 replacement - Leica going digital


> Dear LUGGERS,
> Please check out Moose Peterson's review of the Nikon D1
> http://www.naturephotographers.net/nikond1.html
> I know Moose is a great advocate for Nikon but what he has to say about
the
> usefulness of a digital camera to a professional photog is certainly food
> for thought!
> Wouldn't it be great for all us Leica lovers if Leica teamed up with
> someone (Nikon/ Fuji) to bring out a digital camera like the D1 which
could
> use Leica R lens and (perhaps too much to ask ) Leica M lenses. And at a
> competitive price like the D1 (presently US$5,000 which will fall over
> time) - not the price of the Leica S1. (Is the S1 still available? Schmidt
> doesn't list it in its price list for Hong Kong)  Given the LUG chat about
> inkjet / laser digital printing (which most Leica friends practice to some
> degree) digital inputs are just a logical extension. Just as Nikon and
> Canon produce film cameras and digital cameras at the same time, here
would
> be a chance for Leica to compete with a digital picture taking platform
and
> catch up on the technical development curve by providing a means of using
> those wonderful Leica lenses we have all invested so much money in while
> entering the digital age. In my view that might be a better application of
> resources than bringing out a smaller R8 in two or three years time -
> unless of course the new 8 also takes a digital back!
> I am now off to my favorite photo store to look at the D1. :) I wonder if
> the Canon digital would take R lenses with an adaptor. Hmmmm?
> Cheers
> Howard.