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Subject: [Leica] No M9 in the near future
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Fri Mar 7 13:14:41 2008
References: <C3F714EE.92B46%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Mark
a format is a format BUT
if you go Oly all the lenses available now are FF, and excellent into 
the bargain
If you go D Leica - call it Pana if you like - the available lenses are 
FF, not so bad as early M or R lenses BTW.

This is an old battle your fighting I'm sorry to say.

New lenses are meant, thought of, designed and produced to fit the 
bodies of the time (read the thread on the issues with earlier Oly 
lenses on D Olies of the day for enlightment).
Not just some sort of trying to rescue good lenses that were meant for 
other purposes in other times, with other media.

And Hassie is also FF, but a different FF, so what

End of thread ?

Wagner is on, on the radio - Tanhauser overture, hence my rant - no harm 
intended for sure, at all ;-)
Wish you a nice weekend
phx

Mark Rabiner wrote:

>>And the weakness remains in the photographer.  Not the camera.
>>
>>As Ted would say, just go out and take some pictures.
>>
>>
>>    
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>
>Yea well a format is a format.
>We're talking the difference between full frame and half frame.
>Which is like the difference between full frame and medium format.
>And when you  move up or down a format its a different ballpark as to your
>end result. All talent and dedication aside. You walk in and out of the
>shoot with a whole different set of options.
>
>Perhaps we're people on the LUG who only had a Focomat in our darkroom so a
>Rolleiflex would be a wasted exercise.
>Small format would have to rule. Small format can do anything. Has to no
>other fits in our Focomat.
>
>That would explain an indifference to a full format change.
>Especially when it took place in what amounts to the same camera body.
>That's like too tempting getting your cake and eating it too.
>
>What if you could send in your MP and have them upgrade it so I would shoot
>645 would that be tempting? With out making the camera body any bigger.
>Take pictures of your girlfriend Morgan Fairchild.
>
>A ridiculous dream come true that's what that is!
>Of course we'd go for it.
>Or wait for it. 
>
>
>Mark William Rabiner
>markrabiner.com
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