Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]if it doesn't take the noctilux as an f1.0 normal lens with 1 inch DOF at 5 feet and nauseluxian fingerprint, it's not interesting to me. shoot, i might as well find and dig out my 35/1.4, 50/1.4 and 105/1.8 nikkors and buy a kodak (i don't normally follow digital, but i was shocked that you get get a full-frame F-mount digi-SLR for $2,945.95) come to think of it, i even have a viso-to-nikon adapter somewhere so i also have leitz 65, 200, 280, 400, 560 glass to try. but that's quite a different animal than the digital M with a noct up front. that brings me to another idea; as well as being full frame, it would be incredibly and perversely impressive if the camera should take the visoflex mirror box. i cannot explain it. but i would DEFINITELY buy it. - -rei On Mar02 07:07, John Collier wrote: > I will go out on a limb and say that not only will it not be full > frame, you will also not be able to successfully use the older lenses > which are a few scant mm away from the shutter. Time will tell... > > John Collier > > PS: Last rumor I heard was a 1.3 or 1.4 factor. Easy to accommodate as > you just change the frame size in the finder. So your 35 becomes a 50 > and your 24 a 35... - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html