Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 1, 2008, at 12:35 AM, A. Lal wrote: > I had a chance to speak to Ms. Harbets at the Leica booth at NY > Photo-Expo last week. I'd be very surprised if the R 10 goes on sale > before the next Photokina. especially since it doesn't actually exist, except as a figment of optimistic imagination... it very hopefully will be real some day... Steve > By then C, N and S will probably have 30 meg sensors in their top > bodies. Not sure what Leica need to compete. Perhaps it is time to > Leica to recognise that they can best serve Leica enthusiasts by > offering lenses in C, N and S mounts, just like CZ. > > CZ had the new 21mm Distagon on display in EOS an ZF mounts. It was > not possible to compare it directly with the original Contax lens, > but the EOS version did seem a bit smaller, estimated street price > was under US $1900. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Hopkinson" > <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au > > > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, 30 October, 2008 7:22 AM > Subject: [Leica] R10 news > > >> Folks, off this list, Doug Herr pointed me to an interview with Maike >> Harbets on the S2 system. She was asked about the R10 too. >> ". .... The wish of our customers is that the R10 will have a full >> frame >> sensor and we will try to fulfil this wish..... it will have auto >> focus... >> it will be backwards compatible with all of the R lenses, most >> likely." >> >> So are all of you R guys excited or interested?? >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ >> Maike Harbets speaks on the S2. .... So we will drop down this >> technology to >> our other systems. >> Our priority is to modernise the R system which will be in the end >> an R10, >> definitely. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information