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Subject: [Leica] A mini-digital M (!)?--comment
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Tue Aug 5 05:28:07 2008
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It is feasible to mount them, but the big problem remains, you still 
won't get the coverage you're used to from i.e. a Leica-M 21 mm lens, on 
film.


This is what still annoys me about the Leica Digital RF concept (and 
DSLRs too, for that matter). There's so much excellent glass out there, 
just dying to be used for digital photography - but the manufacturers 
don't see it that way.

Cheers
Douglas

 

Eduardo Albesi wrote:
> Why not? Flange to sensor distance in the micro 4:3 standard will be 
> 20mm. M system register is ca. 28 mm. There's plenty of room for an 
> adapter. Even for an electronic one, maybe containing info about lens 
> RF cam to send to a hypotetical electronic RF in the camera.
>
> I think this will be the basis of a new digital CL
>
> Ed
>
>> El 05/08/2008, a las 04:49, W. R. Smith escribi?:
>>
>> Looks promising, but.......one more advantage (for the mfg.) of the 
>> micro four- thirds system is we can't use our LTM and M mount lenses. 
>> We gotta buy new lenses.
>>
>> --- On Tue, 8/5/08, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] A mini-digital M (!)?
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 2:37 AM
>>
>> Apart from the Leica RF unit costs about ?400 as a replacement
>> part.........
>>
>>
>> On 5 Aug, 2008, at 08:20, Richard Man wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08080501microfourthirds.asp
>>>
>>> A micro 4/3rd with half of the flange to film distance, meaning no
>>> space for a mirror box. DPreview think this necessitates an EVF or
>>> LCD focusing, me think this could also mean RF focusing!
>>>
>>> The Olympus E420 is ridiculously small, now half the body depth, put
>>> a Leica RF unit on top... Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....
>>>
>>> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,
>>> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
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Replies: Reply from fredhess at phenix-visuals.nl (Fred Hess) ([Leica] A mini-digital M (!)?--comment)
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