Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/21

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Subject: [Leica] Erwin and the S2; comparison
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:29:26 -0500

Does Leica even have a team that does software for that? I bet Kodak
developed that for them too.



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On 12/21/10 5:18 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:

> I disagree. We don't know what's available to Leica. There were only 3 full
> frame sensors: Sony, Nikon and Canon, and it's hard to imagine any of the
> three would have given it to Leica.
> 
> Also, 3 letters: CCD. A major part of the digital camera R&D is on the post
> processing software, and I am referring to getting the best RAW data out of
> the sensor, not the JPG engine and Leica's expertise (so far) is on CCD
> sensors. It would have taken them a lot longer to get a CMOS team going.
> 
> Lastly, the M9 is not meant to be the best digital camera out there, just
> the best rangefinder digital camera, and that it succeeds, and arrived much
> earlier than most people expected.
> 
> 
> 




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