[Leica] Re: Erwin Puts on the DM-R

[rdcb37 at dodo.com.au (Rick Dykstra)]

Mark (et al), go look at the link I posted a little while back.  Here.

> http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/267995/21

The DMR is being highly praised on this Canon list.

Rick.

On 31/08/2005, at 11:43 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> Never hesitant to repeat myself but here in a different context as  
> would
> seem to be inevitable. The lighting is different today anyway then  
> it was
> three weeks ago
>
> I mentioned that the DM-R which is the Leica back for the R system  
> is a
> thing we just have to get past. Why dwell on it? Ok Erwin come out  
> with a
> thing on it I guess that's a reason. Maybe.
> If Leica has a hairs thin shot at survival then they'll come out  
> with a
> digital body for the R system in a few months. Pay off somebody to  
> do it for
> them nobodies going to care. We're using Epson Cosina for our M  
> glass why
> not use Minolta or Fuji to shoot our R glass.  Other than the fact  
> that we
> hate their collective guts. But they've got to be come nice company  
> out
> there which knows how to wire stuff together inside a camera;  
> perhaps less
> adept in the Swiss clock mechanisms we run into in the rare mechanical
> cameras. Like a Leica. M. or LTM. Or Pentax Spotmatic.
> Maybe some company from Finland!!! Or Daneland!
>
>
> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
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