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

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

What would be the point? Quite simply the point would be to use them
with whatever crop factor is necessary. I can think of allot worse
things than having the 35 Summilux ASPH morph into what might be the
world's best 50 mm lens. ;-)

And don't put any money on the image quality of the digital M being any
better than that of the Nikon D70 or the Digital Rebel. It's the build
that sucks on those two, not the image quality.

Oh, P.S.  Leica has not for years been the company we all so fondly
remember as E. Leitz, and some of our memories of that company may be a
bit too nostalgia clouded as it is.

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[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Jonathan Borden
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 5:44 PM
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Subject: Digital M/Digital Rebel was Re: [Leica] Lost Faith in Leica



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

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