Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Removable back, like the Contarex. Back has the sensor, electronics, body has all the mechanical stuff, RF, shutter, shutter cocking lever, and any switch type user interfaces. Contacts between the body and back transmit info from user interfaces to the electronics. I don't see any problem in doing this. Dennis "Douglas M.Sharp" wrote: > I wasn't suggesting totally new design and construction of chips and > sensors,even the big manufacturers take what's on the market. Apart from > the > different RAW formats there does actually seem to be a move towards system > standards in digital photography (APS sensors for example). When we > consider how > many different film formats, special cassettes etc have disappeared over > the > years it seems to me that digital is getting a lot closer, and a lot > faster, to > a standard than film ever did. > > Leica wrote shortly after Photokina that they are attempting to keep the > M-sensor size as large as possible (1,37 factor) and that the shutter > assembly > and type will have to be completely different from the present M design. > The > rangefinder and top deck will however remain virtually unchanged. > There will be, comparatively, a "lot" of room left over in the M body e.g > no > film cassette and no take up spool - about 25 cubic centimetres of space > each - > for microelectronics quite considerable. > Douglas >