[Leica] A Leica DG 1

[Afterswift@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/18/01 12:14:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes:

> A digital "M" would surely come from that same mind-set. No "built-in" sepia
>  toning and stuff, no "on board" DSP. No zillion exposure modes. No changes
>  in the focusing mechanism. Just a shift in sensor and the ability to slot 
in
>  a memory card or (as important) a microdrive and a way to look at the image
>  you've recorded and a FireWire connector to get data out of the camera.
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A Leica digital wouldn't be an M6. It would be a DG 1; that is, a manual 
digital in which film would be replaced by a 24x36 pixel element array. It 
wouldn't be AF, would use standard Leica lenses. It would have a high 
resolution screen on the back, and would be housed in a metal body. And it 
would recycle instantly. As fast as film is handled in the M6. 

Of course, that would be my idea of a true digital Leica. Which I would use 
seldom, I might add. Without a negative, it isn't true photography as far as 
I'm concerned. Film is the RESET button of photography. Digital can never 
have such a function. Burning an image into a CD isn't equivalent to a 
negative because the inevitable artifacts of the digital process must 
inherently intrude. A digital image is always too good to be true. And the 
public will understand that caveat.

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