Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes but imagine the development cost and the cost of making it modular. Wow it would end up being something like 5 times the price! Frank On 20 Sep, 2004, at 22:51, Feli di Giorgio wrote: > On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 14:03, B. D. Colen wrote: >> I suspect, Doug, that what Leica will do is give us a gorgeous piece >> of >> photographic equipment that will last as long as its owner wants to >> keep >> using it. And while we all keep getting hung up on the fact that the >> target is constantly moving, the truth is that for most people on this >> list, a good current sensor of 5 mgp or above will provide good enough >> quality images so that one really shouldn't ever hve to replace the >> camera. > > Maybe it would make sense for Leica to make the camera modular. > > You would end up with the control module containing the shutter, > rangefinder etc. which would be built to the usual Leica standard. > You would clip a digital back on to that, like the filmback/backdoor > on the old Contax IIa. That way Leica could offer different resolution > backs ranging from 6-16 MP and and they could be full frame, x1.5 or > x1.3 > and the shooter buys the one they can afford. Of course there would > have > to be a provision to adjust the framelines... > > In any case, it would probably also lower Leicas production costs, > because they > wouldn't have redesign the entire camera every few years. They could > also sell > the backs at a lower price, because they would be cheaper to make than > an entire > camera. > > Feli > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >