Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/08

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Digital M - was Leica to Restructure, Cut Staff
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 16:15:49 -0500

So Kodak is the "best of the best?" Maybe 40 years ago.

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[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of JCB
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 3:12 PM
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Subject: [Leica] Re: Digital M - was Leica to Restructure, Cut Staff


At 06:46 AM 2/8/2004 -0800, Marc Attinasi wrote:

>I'm still not convinced that the sensor required for a full-frame
>M-digital can be produced at all, and I'm less confident that Leica can

>produce it. They are an optics specialist, not a computer and
electronics 
>specialist. Hopefully they will pick their partners well - a digital 
>camera that works as well as the M system would go a long way toward 
>making me a digital-convert!


Leica's partners for the R digital back are Kodak and Imacion. The best
of 
the best. Since they already deeply in bed with these companies, who 
currently make 22MP full frame 645 sensors, why would a 24x36mm sensor
be 
so difficult?

JB

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