Digital M/Digital Rebel was Re: [Leica] Lost Faith in Leica

[jonathan at openhealth.org (Jonathan Borden)]

B. D. Colen wrote:

> This just in from Mars:
> I would buy a digital M - IF it was price-point competitive with Canon
> and Nikon bodies offering the same image quality. In other words, if
> Leica produces a digital M for about $3K to 4K, that is comparable in
> image quality, megp count, etc., to a Canon Rebel or Nikon D70, I
> wouldn't buy it. If, however, they produce a 10+ megp digital M that
> compares to the high end Canons or Nikons, I would indeed buy it.
>

Amen.

Of course if they made a digital M that was of the quality of a Digital 
Rebel then the company formerly known as E. Leitz will have entirely 
ceased to exist.

My hope is that they are being properly anally compulsive and delaying 
the digital M until a 10mp+ sensor can be made that works well with the 
current crop of wide angle M lenses ... otherwise what would be the 
point of a digital M?

Jonathan