Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/22

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Subject: [Leica] Official picture of digital-M?
From: macdude4 at bellsouth.net (Mark)
Date: Thu Dec 22 16:25:43 2005
References: <43965AF900082CBD@mssbzhh-int.msg.bluewin.ch>
 
I wonder if the new lenses will work on the Film Bodies, M7,MP,M3 ect ?

Right now the widest I have is a 35 and I was going to buy myself a  
wider
lens for christmas, but I think I will wait until we learn more about  
what new
lenses are coming.

Mark

On Dec 22, 2005, at 4:51 PM, pwerner@bluewin.ch wrote:

> Tina,
>
> The article in the German edition of LFI seems clearer: Leica is  
> going to
> present new wide-angle lenses at the same time as the Digital M.  
> The reason
> is that the current lenses will become "longer" on the DM due to  
> the crop
> factor. The 21 behaves like a 28 and the 28 like a 35. Therefore  
> there will
> be the need for new, shorter (wider) lenses to fill the gap. These  
> lenses
> will be usable on both the Digital M and the film M bodies.
>
> Peter
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