Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just wait until CCDs get near 24 x 35 in size with 10 or 20Mp resolution. It won't be a piece of shit anymore Javier "B. D. Colen" wrote: > > 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 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html