Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Austin, if I remember right, the reason they gave for calling the ixpress a "camera" at their show (I never said they did on their web page, so I was not wrong!) was that with any film camera, the camera is given, and film or film back is the variable. But their "camera", the ixpress, is permanent, and the box you attach becomes the variable. Also, their "camera" dictates image size - a 6x6 box becomes a 4x4 camera due to the chip size. (Maybe the nomenclature is also based on the price: my Hasselblad 503cx is worth peanuts compared to what they ask for the ixpress 384) I guess we must remember that lenses are out of the equation anyway, since they have nothing to do with the idea of the original "camera" (obscura), they are only optical refinement (and also a variable). Whatever we or they call it: I wish Leica had a sensor like the ixpress for the M.... (just dreaming) Günter - -- Günter Haika eMail: foto-haika@gmx.net Web: http://haika.de.vu/ Austin Franklin wrote: > Hi, > > Gunter, they can call it what they want, but it is NOT a camera, and calling > it that is wrong. Is simply a back. You can go to their web site, and they > clearly state that they are backs, not cameras. If their back is a camera, > then so is a roll of film, and we know that is not the case. > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html