Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David, Prices such as that would limit me (and others) to the second-hand market, as they have for film Leicas. BUT do you think that there will be a viable market for USED digital cameras? Nothing has stabilized in the digital photo world. A 2 year old digital camera would be obsolete. The advancement/ features curve vs. time is far too steep. Used digital cameras will be like used computers; landfill, and toxic landfill at that! Yes I know that there are a handful of so-called "classic" computer collectors, like slide rule collectors. I'm addressing this also to the LUG, even though I can't read the response as my server deleted all LUG sent mail. Jerry David Young wrote: > This is slightly off-topic, but still Leica. You may have seen it on the > LEG, if you're a member, but for those of us who are not, this might be > interesting. > > --- > According to Stefan Daniels, some prototypes [of the digital 'M'] are > taking shots already. It's supposed to be announced and deliverable by > Photokina. We'll see. > > Form factor of the M7, 1.5mm thicker due to 2.5" LCD on back; SD cards, > Li-Ion battery, shutter essentially that of the R9 (1/8000 to speed) > with motor cocking, sensor made by Kodak and firmware/electronics by > German company, not Imacon due to problems with DMR quality control. > 1.33 crop factor, 10.5 Mp, viewfinder with 5 or 6 line sets; all lenses > except those that didn't work with the M5/CL are compatible. A new wide, > probably 15, will be introduced to extend wideangle use, but will also > cover film, so likely to be large and expensive (my guess; see 15 > Distagon for Zeiss rangefinder). Price projected at this time: $5000 USD. > --- > Originally posted by: Henning Wulff > > -- > David Young, > Logan Lake, BC > CANADA. > > Personal Web-site at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > Leica Reflex Forum web-page: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > Archives are at: > www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/