Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i am with you. i'd need a 24x36 sensor and a wide base rangefinder to be interested in enough to buy. - -rei On Mar11 10:02, Jim Laurel wrote: > I still hold to the comments I made to that effect, Gene. There are a > few clever things about the RD1, but the 1.53x sensor isn't one of > them. This thing is DOA for me. Looks like I'm still saddled with the > 1Ds for a while longer. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a full > frame M in 2006. > > --Jim > "Give me a full frame sensor, or give me FILM!" > > On Mar 11, 2004, at 7:25 AM, grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > > >What I find amazing is the 1.53x lens factor. None of you out there > >who > >were just a few weeks ago saying if Leica comes out with a M Digital > >with > >less than a 1x lens factor it would be Totally unacceptable, are not > >complaining one bit about Epson/Cosina doing it. Not One Complaint. > >The > >only comment so far on this is I can live with it. Interesting... If > >Leica had done this very same thing right now, you would be screaming > >and > >calling for a revolt and overthrow of the company. - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html