Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yup - It COULD be the Leica M7D - ready to take all your Leica glass and capture those Leica images on a full-frame, 11 mgp sensor, giving you Leica images equal or superior to chrome. Or it could be the Leica M7D - ready to take all your Leica glass and capture those Leica images on a a 6 mgp sensor with a 1.6 ratio, turning your 35 1.4 into a 56 f 1.4 - OR, it could be a digital version of the old fixed lens Hexar, but with about a 2.8-4.3 35 mm equiv 35-70 zoom. Who knows? We all will on June 6. :-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Allen Graves Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 8:49 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: New Hexar RF? It also mentions "Zoom-Hexanon" early in the teaser and, if you look closely at "sample2" the body is labeled Hexar RF. I think they are just trying to connect the new digital whatever to the legends of the past. Allen >www.dpreview.com mentions that there's a teaser ad on Konica's site: >http://www.konica.jp/personal/newproduct/index.html > >The interesting thing is that if you click on the Sample2 image, >there's a f1.2 lens (what focal length?) and the camera seems to >have a thing that looks like my M7 rangefinder window. > >Of course the kicker would be that if it is a digital RF w/ M mount! > >Ahhh...... 2 more days... > >// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com> ><http://www.dragonsgate.net/mailman/listinfo> >-- >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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html