Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica has looked into a digital back for the M camera and have decided against it. The main problem is that most M lenses have rear elements too close to the film plane. While this is a plus in the design of lenses for film, it means that the light hits the sensors at the edge at too oblique an angle. The other problem is even more serious. Digital development costs millions and millions of dollars for a very limited return on a short lived product. Digital engineers work hard and fast to beat the their competitors for market share. Many projects are completely abandoned if the competitors get their first. It took Leica YEARS to design a simple AE M camera; something the big boys could have knocked off in a few lunch breaks (note: hyperbole for effect). Try film, you will like it! John Collier (sources: interview in latest LHSA Viewfinder) On Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 06:32 AM, Beddoe, Neil wrote: > This might not be as daft as it seems. The thing that's put me off > buying > digital is the fact that the whole camera will obsolete in a few > years. If > manufacturers built digital backs that could be attached to normal > cameras > I'd bite. That way, you could keep your camera and just upgrade the > back. > There's theoretically nothing to stop a savvy manufacturer building a > gizmo > that allowed you to replace the back flap of an M6/7(or any other SLR) > with > a digital unit in place of the pressure plate. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Edward Caliguri [mailto:caliguri@ma.ultranet.com] > > You work near the Charles River -- LOOK -- over the water--- Pigs > with > wings!!! No, sorry, they're cows. No digital M. Maybe a digital R? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html