Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The only photo so far linked was a chrome M4 with "pentax" cut and pasted onto it... On 31 Mar, 2010, at 03:24, Richard Man wrote: > 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. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information