Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My prediction is that it's a hoax. Amazing how much mileage he got from different forum though. May be he's doing market research :-) Yes, Cosina made the R-D1 for Epson, and look how much money they made on that! As long as there are boatload of used M8/M8.2 for $2000-$3000 (and Stefan Daniels said they sold "a lot" of M8s...), that squeezes out the possibilities of low cost competitor. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at gmail.com>wrote: > Cosina Voigtlander was my first thought -- it's a natural next step for > them. Canon would have no reason to do this that I can see. Didn't CV have > something to do with the Epson digital rangefinder? > > If it really comes with that 35/1.2 lens... The combo will cost a little > under $3000 I predict. Like $2800. CV is all about pricing. The camera > alone > $1995, like the Sony A850. > > Them's my predictins, if CV really does release a rangefinder. > > The other possibility is that wit will not be full frame, which will bring > down the cost even further. > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net > >wrote: > > > Oooops! Right! A time for high skepticism. :-) > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Dick > > > > > > > > On Mar 30, 2010, at 7:07 PM, A. Lal wrote: > > > > > Let's not forget that April 1 is almost here..... > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Taylor" < > > r.s.taylor at comcast.net> > > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:00 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Further Rumors on *that* New RF > > > > > > > > >> You know, I hadn't picked up on that. That could be it. > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> > > >> Dick > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Mar 30, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > >> > > >>> Well, then it must be from Cosina/Voigtlander--a perfect marriage of > > German tradition and Japanese technology. And they already do a very nice > > 35mm f 1.2 lens :-) > > >>> > > >>> Nathan Wajsman > > >>> Alicante, Spain > > >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu > > >>> http://www.greatpix.eu > > >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com > > >>> > > >>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > > >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > >>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Mar 30, 2010, at 7:18 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 > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>> 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 > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> 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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]