Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 26/08/2006, you wrote: >David Young offered: >Subject: Re: [Leica] Photos of M8 >>My "spies" tell me that the R10d (which, I understand, is to >>be Leica's next project, if the M8d (or whatever it's to be >>called) is a success) is to be built in an R8/9 shell, but with >>all the film guts removed, so that all the DMR stuff will fit into >>the shell... should be no big problem. Rumour has it that focus >>confirmation is planned, as well.<<<<<<< > >Steve Unsworth responded: >>So will I be able to send my R8 to Solms for an upgrade ;-)<<< > >Steve, >I realize there's a smiley, but it's actually a damn fine idea! >Imagine if they were bright enough to have an economical upgrade for >present R8-9 owners and how many would jump at it quickly. I for one >would ship mine right away to be first in line.... "But the price >would have to be right!" :-) And not a 6 month re-fit and return policy. > >But given it's highly unlikely, I wouldn't adventure into holding my >breathe for three minutes that it would happen! By the same token it >might not be possible to gut the film innards and re-place with the >new digi parts. > >But it's not a bad idea for a good price, besides they'd have a >greater number of digital R's on the street faster than they would >selling a completely brand new camera. Of course this could make it >look like the Leica R8-9-10 were the "in digi-camera of the day" >motivating far more sales. Maybe? > >ted On a very practical level, Ted, even if it is possible to do, I suspect it would be very pricey. You'd need to remove all the film advance stiff, to make room for the electronics, as well as the battery (it's quite large in the DMR), and the motor to advance the shutter. You'd then have to replace the top plate, to fill the holes left by the wind lever & related bits, and the bottom plate, so that battery access and SD card slots can be created. Yes, it likely could be done... but somehow...... I think it would be cheaper to buy a new body! :-( Cheers! --- David Young, Logan Lake, CANADA Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt