Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30

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Subject: [Leica] Further Rumors on *that* New RF
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:44:03 -0400
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Opinions differ.  To me an autofocus camera with optical viewfinder sounds 
just dandy, as long as you can select the focus point.    


Regards, 

Dick



On Mar 30, 2010, at 2:32 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> Oh dear, an autofocus "rangefinder". I assume that it is a rangefinder in 
> the same sense that the Contax G was a rangefinder. I prefer to find my 
> own range rather than trying to help the camera find its own range.
> 
> Jeffery
> 
> 
> On Mar 30, 2010, at 12:18 PM, Richard Taylor wrote:
> 
>> Can't we all.  Of course, this little gem might still cost $5K!  
>> 
>> Regards, 
>> 
>> Dick
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 30, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>> 
>>>> See: 
>>>> 
>>>> http://photorumors.com/
>>>> 
>>>> "The standard lens is suppose to be 35mm f/1.2 and there are two more 
>>>> lenses.
>>>> The rangefinder is full frame with magnesium alloy electronic shutter  
>>>> and
>>>> supposedly with very good AF (I guess this will not be a classic manual 
>>>> focus
>>>> rangefinder)."
>>>> 
>>>> It would be nice if this was true, wouldn't it?
>>>> 
>>>> Regards, 
>>>> 
>>>> Dick
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> If I can dream.
>>> 
>>> [Rabs]
>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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