Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/27

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Subject: [Leica] Leica ME?
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:52:00 -0400
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No, it'd be an M9 with the new sensor, 18mp & less on board memory than the
M10 (no video). Same viewfinder as the M6/7/9. It'll give Leica an excuse
to continue to mfgr body & view/rangefinder parts and let us mechanical M
owners sleep nights.

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 12:40 AM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:

> If the ME doesn't have an EVF, then what? A sorta real Leica with nothing
> more than a chimp screen would be just a fancier Panasonic, wouldn?t it?
> -----Original Message----- From: Richard Taylor
> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 10:56 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica ME?
>
>
> The rumor seems to go against that possibility since it states the ME will
> not have an EVF.  To take it seriously for a moment, I'm trying to think
> how an ME might be different from the also rumored M10.
>
> One big difference could be a CCD sensor vs. the CMOS one in the M10.
>
> Another might be APS-C--with a sensor more capable than the M8--rather
> than full-frame.
>
> Another might be a simplified optical viewfinder/rangefinder.
>
> Beyond that, I'm at a loss.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick
>
>
>
> On Aug 26, 2012, at 11:30 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote:
>
>  I'm guessing Leica "M" "E"lectronic, kinda like the "E" version of the M6
>> or MP.
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at 
>> comcast.net
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>   An ME for the Me Generation?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Probably a mime of the "less expensive" RE
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sonny
>>> http://sonc.com/look/
>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>>>
>>> USA
>>>
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-- 
-Lew Schwartz


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