Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's what I am thinking too -- probably an EVIL with an R mount adapter -- lets just hope its full frame, auto aperture and full aperture metering (although with Aperture preferred auto, that's a little less important. Having the M9 now, I mainly want it for macro and tele (although there is nothing like seeing through the lens for superwide, too), so I REALLY hope it has a built in viewfinder with a decent focusing method! If not full frame, its not much good to me on the wide end, and if not a viewfinder, not much good on the tele-end. Tom -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+tomschofield=comcast.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+tomschofield=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Doug Herr Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 5:21 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] What are the rumours around Leica and Photokina? WAS : Leica annual report Douglas Sharp wrote: >Maybe the important part of the quote is "it won't be a digital SLR FROM >LEICA" IIRC their statement was that it won't be an SLR and it won't be made by Leica >If some other company is thinking of a body that can be used with any >number of legacy mounts, they could be on to a good thing. > >A full-frame digital body with interchangeable (or optional) mounts for >Leica-R, Pentax-K, Contax/Yashica, Minolta, Nikon, M42, Miranda etc, etc >could well find a market. > >There are millions of rarely used good lenses out there. Adapters are >only a stop-gap solution. > >I'm thinking along the lines of an FF version of the new modular Ricoh >camera (GXR) I'm thinking the same kind of thing. An R-only solution would have a limited market; a camera that can use a variety of lens mounts would have much broader market appeal, allowing much lower unit cost. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information