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

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Subject: [Leica] Further Rumors on *that* New RF
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:17:02 +0100
References: <C7D79F23.605B9%mark@rabinergroup.com> <F5694015-DCA0-473B-87F9-6BCFD434A842@comcast.net> <EC093803-A43D-4A2A-B417-FA0CE8B89F96@frozenlight.eu> <5EC9B628-2079-4ED2-8F22-805C508BCBCE@comcast.net> <697A3A1A2B38456C9AD1C8FBDFB8B777@qck8vqhgou8blu> <781598F2-DC4B-48C2-94EF-2C0FCD16487E@comcast.net> <i2w19b6d42d1003301902kdfd118d3h66e3cc556d439bae@mail.gmail.com> <o2peb6799211003301924udc73d26en7df5880d0245ba84@mail.gmail.com>

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
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
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