Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/04

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Subject: Re: digital, was: Re: [Leica] Piezo Plunge
From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 21:32:07 -0000
References: <B80AC5A7.2236%george@rdcinteractive.com>

The Contax chip is manufactured by Philips and I assume it is available to
any manufacturer.  I believe Pentax were going to use the same chip in their
(now cancelled) 6 mega pixel SLR.

Simon

George Day wrote:

> Well,
>
> This has been beaten to death, but a digital M-mount camera would make all
> the sense in the world.  Not for the purist, of course, but you can bet
many
> an amateur and working photographer on pounce on such a beast.  If Leica
> could get their hands on (assuming they don't have it) a Contax-style
> full-frame chip...
>


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