Re: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced

["Jim McIntyre" <mcintyre@ca.inter.net>]

OK, I'm back on terra firma. No more info/emails/editorial comments
required. Doug Herr did a great job summing up, even though it's probably
been hashed and rehashed ad nauseum....

Houston, the eagle has landed. Merry Christmas.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Williams" <nasmformyzombie@mindspring.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced


>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced
>
>
> > Ok, I'd like some clarification. The consensus seems to be the M lenses
> are
> > not suited to fit a digital body because of physics, angle of incidence
or
> > whatever.
> >
> > Now I realize that some of this will be buried in the archive, but I'm
> > lazy...I'd rather someone tell me again. ;-)
> >
> > If the M camera can mount an M lense, and focus on the film plane, then
it
> > seems logical that that same film plane can be a digital sensor. Am I in
> > deep space on this?
> >
>
> Deep space, wandering in orbit somewhere....Anyway, it's been said many
> times, many ways, but the problem can be summed up with three words,
"angle
> of incidence."  The M body would have to be quite a bit wider front to
back
> to make the digital thing work.
>
> Gary
>
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