Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, as Jim points out, digital ain't there yet, and Leica usually arrives about 40 years after everybody else! :o) N.B.- Maximum Smiley! I would like a reasonably priced digital- perhaps like the Konica or Cosina that use the Leica lenses, and had a 24x36 chip- Might be interesting, but I don't think I'd put big bucks into a Leica Digital M type.... For what I use digital for, the Digilux does quite well!! Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 4:32 PM Subject: Re: digital, was: Re: [Leica] Piezo Plunge > 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... > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html