Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, This sounds like a reasonable if somewhat complicated approach, but it's not a bad idea if Leica want to stem the tide of defection. But who knows? It may already be too late, as B.D. has recently suggested... Len -- -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Afterswift@aol.com Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 9:29 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Why a digital M In a message dated 7/12/04 7:23:50 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes: << to put it really bluntly, why would anyone in his or her right mind pay 5500K - for example - for an "M" body when for the same amount of money he or she could buy an 8 mpg Canon Eos MkII and an array of Canon's best lenses? >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------- If Leica Solms wants to jump into the digital sea with an M, then let its frames show the standard film lenses with the APS sensor subframes and guarantee to buyers that Leica will update the sensor frame to full 35mm at nominal cost when it becomes available. So the digital M would have modular construction. >From personal experience with the fast D70 and standard Nikkor film lenses, I found that the APS sized sensor can produce professional quality images. The present full 35mm frame 13MP sensor used in the Kodak 14n leaves a lot to be desired from reports I've read. The Kodak 14n is rather ponderous. Bob _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information