Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica seems to be going both forward and backward. I choose backward and will use my MM rangefinder with B&W. The DMR works fine with my R lenses If I wanted a camera with live view and video, I would get a Canon or Nikon. I don't and won't. Tina On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net>wrote: > Lew - If that's what they did I'd sure be interested and I suspect a lot > of others would be, too. > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > On Aug 27, 2012, at 8:52 AM, Lew Schwartz wrote: > > > 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 > >>>> > >>>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> -Lew Schwartz > >>> > >>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information > >>> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information > >> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > -Lew Schwartz > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com