Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]a while back I commented on my description of what a leica digital M would look like and the functionality, it went like this .....I have seen it, it is the spiting image of an M6 but a fat one, it will hit the store in Christmas just before the spending season. Leica has also borrowed the back plain focus from contax ax and this camera will auto focus as well. 6 meg ccd are too big and expensive for leica now, contax is expecting to price their new 6meg camera for 6k and they have a lot of resources so u figure a leica one would cost over 10k, i don't think so. they are probably much better off with a 5meg camera and step up to the higher res later one. Let's face it our beloved leica is made by a tiny company who is squeaking by qtr by qtr..... Well, today I got a private email from leica eastern reason sales manger asking where I got this info? His email..... Your information regarding the Leica MD6 was forwarded to me by one of my dealers. I find the description very interesting. Perhaps you can tell me where you are getting your information from and where you saw the camera. Regards, James Wagner Eastern Regional Sales Manager Leica Camera Inc. LOOKS LIKE WE GOT IT!! _____________________________ Thanks, Mehrdad [-----Original Message----- [From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jim Brick [Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 6:02 PM [To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [Subject: [Leica] RE: digital M [ [ [At 05:17 PM 7/21/01 -0700, Jay Burleson wrote: [ [>instead a super high end M digital that uses existing lenses [>and similar body shape. [ [Well... you can put the guts of any number of available digital cameras [into a body similar to the M shape. This DOES NOT make it a "digital M." [And you WILL NOT be able to utilize the high resolution, high definition, [and high contrast, of Leica M lenses. You would get digital images, but [they will be no better than most other $1500 digital camera. [ [If you simply research the physics, the geometry, and the make-up of a [digital sensor, how it is scanned, what the voltage levels are, etc, it [should become quite clear that hoping for a breakthrough in capturing a [zillion pixels instantaneously, running color space conversion, PRNU, [interpolation, JPEG, and getting a file out of a camera large enough to [compete with real film (100mb) is still a pipe dream. [ [Jim [