Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/02

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica M and Cosina Digitals
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:02:12 -0500

Rei wrote...
"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."

And why does that not surprise me? :-)

As to the Noctilux, what ever the multiplication factor, it will in fact
give you that revolting 1 inch depth of field at 5 feet, and the
nauseluxian fingerprint. It will be whatever focal length the
multiplication factor makes it with the same depth of field and other
characteristics it normally has. That's both the draw back, and in some
areas, the blessing, of the multiplication factor. A 35 Summilux ASPH
with a 1.5 x factor would be a 52.5 mm lens with the depth of field and
fingerprint of the 35....While the finger print and characteristics are
great, and there are certainly some occassions when the depth of field
would be good, it also means that you would have more depth of field
wide open at the 52.5 focal length than you might want with a 50.

B. D.


- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Rei
Shinozuka
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:48 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M and Cosina Digitals


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.



- -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...

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Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey

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