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Subject: [Leica] Re:where oh where is the DMR?
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Wed Jun 29 11:48:03 2005

It wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong :-) - but the F5 was/is such a
terrific camera that bringing out an "improvement" at this point on the
film/digital time-line doesn't seem to make allot of sense. Who knows
though?


On 6/29/05 12:57 PM, "feli" <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I don't think there will be a full frame back for the F6, for the
> simple reason that you can't fit a full size chip into the gate. It's
> the same reason why the DMR is x1.37, which is the biggest they could
> squeeze in there.
> 
> The F6 appears to be a strain of the D2x/D2h body and guts with a
> film transport.
> If Nikon does a full frame D3, I'm guessing it will be a variant of
> the D2X.
> 
> 
> feli
> 
> On Jun 29, 2005, at 7:50 AM, B. D. Colen wrote:
> 
>> In the for-what-ever-it's-worth department - I'm going to be very
>> surprised
>> if Nikon doesn't come out with a full-frame digital back for the
>> F6. Note
>> that unlike the F5, it has an add-on motor drive, rather than one
>> that is
>> integral, and it doesn't have a removable prism - which "pro"
>> Nikons have
>> had since the F. I have to assume there're well thought out reasons
>> for both
>> of those changes, and taking the camera digital makes sense in that
>> regard.
>> There's also the fact that Nikon has put it's emphasis on speed and
>> electronics, rather than sensor size, and having full-frame as an
>> add-on
>> option to an existing camera would make sense in that regard as well.
>> 
>> B. D.
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