Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Didier- You are really quick in hitting R-D1 sites in Japanese! I pick up some interesting points here: 1. Cosina will sell black-paint bodies in Japan (from early next year), while Hasselblad will sell silver ones in other countries (from next May). 2. Lenses will be on the market in November in Japan. 3. Mr. Kobayashi (CEO of Cosina) says that this project started at Photokina 2002. If this is true, it took only two years! He also says that Zeiss strongly requested a base-length as long as possible (to obtain an advantage that old Contax had over Leica). 4. The photo shows that the lens mount and the inside seen through it are identical to those of R-D1 except the shutter blades. (This camera is a prototype and different from the production model.) MIKIRO Japan > I would have agreed with you until I have seen the viewfinder > http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/static/image/2004/09/30/zeiss106.jpg