Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The pics make it look like a hugh piece of hardware. I'm sure that the product will be decent for the price in terms of quality but it is unlikely to be much fun to use in the field. As a studio camera , maybe. OTOH by October, 2004 the competition is likely to be fierce, prices down and options greater. I'm still very happy with my D100- now that I realized that my manual focus 45/2.8 pancake lens works on this body - oh joy now I can produce out of focus digital stuff like Bryan Adams! ernie On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 09:59 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > News from the Leica Users Forum: > >> Leica today announced officially that they >> will offer a digital back for the R9/R8 in 2004. >> >> It will cost ca. 4500 Euro and it will be offered at the >> Photokina in 2004. >> >> Leica will design/produce this digital back together with Imacon and >> Kodak. It will have a 10MP chip, 26,4 x 17,6 mm (factor 1,37x). The >> Iso will be 100-800, it will have a LCD colour screen, Firewire and SD >> card slot. A "power unit" will be offered too. > > > If it were going to be available tomorrow, I might order one. I don't > know what I'll need in October of 2004!!! > > I'm disappointed. > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com > > photos available from: > http://www.pdiphotos.com > http://www.mira.com > http://www.agpix.com > http://www.newscom.com > > > > > -- > 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