RE: [Leica] Digital "SLR" - Digital M

["Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com>]

LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote:
> ... What I'm waiting for is a digital back that can be 
> attach to my M Leicas. 
>

Yes, me too.  Others on the list have explained in the past
how this is not possible.  The next best thing is a new
design incorporating the M features into a digital design,
even at the cost of new lens mount (Ouch!).  Some of the
features are: compact, high quality build, high quality fast
lenses, high performance at high ISO, little shutter lag, 
bright viewfinder.  This would allow me to carry on a 
certain kind of photography I like to do, and associate 
with Leica M photography (see for example Peter Klein's 
Dinner with Parents).  This is what I mean when I talk 
about digital Leica M.  Unfortunately, partly on the basis 
of what I read and hear on this list, I do not believe that 
Leica will be the company that will make this happen, 
if any.  :-(

So now my Leica M digital is a digital SLR with some fast
prime lenses. 

- - Phong


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> LRZeitlin@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 9:47 AM
> To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Digital "SLR"
> 
> 
> Phong wrote:
> 
> <<Perhaps I miss your point.
> 
> I thought by definition, SLR implies a mirror reflex 
> 
> viewing system, so by definition the view is the light 
> 
> path thru the lens, reflected by the mirror thru the 
> 
> prism then out the viewfinder window.  How does the
> 
> TFT display gets its image from ?>>
> 
> Of course that's what a SLR is. No argument. But the purpose of 
> the reflex 
> design is simply to show you what the lens is looking at before 
> you take the 
> picture. With digital technology there is no need to have a 
> flipping mirror. The 
> TFT display gets its image from the digital sensor. The picture 
> is only taken 
> when the image is written to the memory card. 
> 
> We are overlooking the obvious. Most professional digital SLRs 
> are basically 
> a standard film SLR body to which digital electronics have been 
> attached. This 
> is the situation with the Nikons, the Canons, and the Leica. And 
> of course 
> the basic attraction to professionals is that their inventory of 
> film SLR lenses 
> can be used on the new bodies to make the transition less economically 
> painful. What I'm waiting for is a digital back that can be 
> attach to my M Leicas. 
> Let's see, if we replace the inspection flap with a digital 
> sensor and hide the 
> batteries in the film chambers and  put the electronics in an 
> expanded bottom 
> plate ----- ;-)
> 
> Larry Z
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