Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]can a digital camera use a normal shutter?If so then you,d need the crank to cock it. less drain on a battery perhaps or is writing the flashcard a far greater drain then cocking a shutter? otoh all little bits count .I,ve just seen apollo 13 simon - ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 9:58 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Digital Bessa? > Actually, there is a suggestion that the "rewind crank" is in fact a > knob one will rotate to review images on the LCD...Makes sense...But > obviously we don't know at this point. In fact, all we know is that a > digital rangefinder with an M mount exists in prototype, and is expected > to exist functionally by May. Beyond that.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jeffery > Smith > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 12:52 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Digital Bessa? > > > It's to make it look like a real rangefinder so old farts who have > shunned digital won't be exposed and ridiculed in public. ;-) > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Frank > Filippone > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 11:06 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Digital Bessa? > > No one has mentioned the lunacy of the rewind crank........ > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > -- > 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 > > -- > 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