Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/23

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Subject: [Leica] Digital Md
From: dcm at pobox.com (David C. Mason)
Date: Fri Dec 23 12:06:09 2005
References: <43AC52C8.8090302@wanadoo.nl> <001201c607fb$fd325dc0$656c0e44@newukolbqveo9i>

Wow, really? I hope it comes in somewhere around $200.

Happy Holidays everyone!

On 12/23/05, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> Thanks for the update. I hope it does come in around $4K.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Michiel
> Fokkema
> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:41 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Digital Md
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Erwin Puts has written an article on the Leica Md in the Dutch Camera
> magazine. Erwin heard this form Stefan Daniel at the LHSA meeting in
> October. When compare this info with the last fotomontage in the LFI it
> might be a bit out of date already
> These are the highlights in the article:
> Kodak sensor which will have very special micro lenses to partly solve
> the angel of the incoming lightrays. Crop factor will be 1.33. 10,5 mega
> pixels. no anti alias filter, the infrared filter is incorporated with
> the sensor covering glass which is also hardened to make sure the filter
> is as thin as possible. Imacon is out, Jenoptik might be in. The Md will be
> shown at the Photokina 2006 and right away can be
> delivered(hahaha).
> Erwin thinks the price will be at least 4000 Euro.
> It will be a lookalike of the M7 but will not share the same housing. It
> will rather look like a big M5 with motor transport to cock the shutter.
> The shutter will be the same as in the R9. No interchangeable backs as
> with the DMR.
> 2.5 inch display and the normal M rangefinder. Not yet clear which
> frames or what the magnification of the vf will be.
> New wide angles will come to maintain the position of reportage camera.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michiel Fokkema
>
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In reply to: Message from michiel.fokkema at wanadoo.nl (Michiel Fokkema) ([Leica] Digital Md)
Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Digital Md)