Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]THAT is the proverbial $64K question. I was speaking with another LUGer the other day who speculated that PERHAPS the electronic shutter was being put in the M because that might then give Leica what it needed to produce what would amount to a digital back - imaging a digital capture unit that would fit into the back door area, with more electronics, etc. that would sit below the camera, a bit like the Kodak digitization of the Nikon F5 - If you didn't care about having a "traditional" LCD viewing screen, you might then have a digital rangefinder using M lenses...and there would be no reason why an LCD couldn't fit into the hot shoe, connected by a short cord to the bottom unit, which would allow viewing images as soon as they were taken. Just total, utter, speculation - and I know, Jim B., it would be a total piece of shit that would produce images unworthy of Leica - in fact they would be images unworthy of being called photographs of any kind. :-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Frank Filippone Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 3:29 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] The M7 (again!) Misdunderstanding cleared up...... A personal comment..... I think the change in the shutter is the most important feature to watch...... What could it do for us in the future? Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net - -- 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