Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Karen.... exciting, yes ...but it seems a bit early to be talking details.... I know I sound like my friend BD, but he is usually right on the button....... are you sure they are not just putting it out there ?.... ie running it up the flagpole, to see if anyone will salute....just to get their toe in the door? It seems not likely that right now they have much more than their toe in the door.... or maybe it is an April fool's joke.... Hmmmmm.... Steve Karen Nakamura wrote: >> >> Are you saying that it looks like an M without the advance lever? >> I somehow have a gut feeling that the traditional M shutter is going >> to go bye, bye and be replaced by something smaller.... I always wondered >> how they intended to fit the CCD, electronics and a screen on the back >> of the camera without adding an unsightly hump... > > > > Yes, no wind lever, so my guess is the shutter is either an > electromagnetic vertical travel bladed shutter or more likely, a purely > electronic shutter (such as in most digital P&S cameras). The advantage > of the latter is live preview, which the R-D1 does not have. > > Karen >