Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree- I think we are all projecting our hopes and dreams here. The outline of the camera is P&S and the ad gives a glimpse of a hexanon zoom lens. The second sample image is merely a snap of a Hexar RF. Alas.. Eric - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Graves" <ahgraves@prodigy.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] New Digital Hexar RF? > Interchangeable lens? Lots of controls? We certainly are reading a > lot into a cryptic ad which mentions only a Zoom-Hexar, shows the > outline of a typical P&S box, shows a photo of the limited-edition > Hexar RF with f1.2 lens, and shows a pretty good digital image > (though no better than is achievable with the Nikon CP5000 or a good > film scanner). > > We'll all see on June 6, but I seriously doubt that it will be the > mythical full frame, interchangeable lens, M-mount wonder that we all > seem to want. I suspect that we will get a P&s dital with a good lens. > > > > > > >The full face example photo opened in Photoshop as a 14.4 MB > >image. You could count the hairs on the tip of the models nose. It > >looks to me that Konica will be delivering a digital Hexar with > >greater than 5MB imaging that accepts Leica M mount lenses. > > > >If the price is right, it looks like I'll be purchasing one of these > >instead of an MP. It makes perfect sense to have a manual focus, > >auto expoasure rangefinder that captures images digitally and > >accepts Leica lenses. While Leica is busy producing a 3 MB D'Lux > >point and shoot, it appears Konica beat them to an interchangable > >lens digital camera. > > > >Richard Clompus, OD > >Rloanoke, VA > > > > > >> From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu> > >> Date: 2003/06/01 Sun AM 11:32:16 EDT > >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: New Hexar RF? > >> > >> It seems to have a lot of "controls" on it. One of the initial images > >of a > >> lens (on the "slide show") looked like a typical Konica P&S lens, > >but the > >> other lens looks more like an RF lens. Seems to be a composite > >of two > >> cameras or more. > >> > >> Jeffery > >> > >> At 10:30 AM 6/1/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >> >I'm seeing something different. It appears there is only a single > >strap lug > >> >positioned about half way up on the grip side. This would > >suggest a > >> >smallish point and shoot body. > >> > > >> >Gary > >> >----- Original Message ----- > >> >From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu> > >> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > >> >Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 10:17 AM > >> >Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: New Hexar RF? > >> > > >> > > >> > > After trying to look at it from those obscure images, it appears > >to be a > >> > > largish digital camera, something similar in size to the Leica > >Digilux 1 > >> >or > >> > > the Olympus 5050. > >> > > > >> > > At 08:45 AM 6/1/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >> > > >Looks very...digital. > >> > > > > >> > > >At 03:14 AM 6/1/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >> > > >>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... > >> > > >> > > >> >-- > >> >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 > > -- > 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