Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lluis APSC (or APS-C) is a common term to describe a sensor size with a common crop factor of about 1.5X. 23.6mm x 15,7mm. Cameras like the Fuji X series or the Leica X series or amateur model Nikon D-SLRs for example. So smaller than the M8 with crop factor of 1.3x but larger than micro four thirds with a crop factor nearly 2x Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 16 November 2013 04:04, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Geoff, but I don?t know what is a sensor APSC? > > Cheers > Lluis > > > El 15/11/2013, a las 05:39, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > escribi?: > > > CEO Alfred Schopf visited Australia recently and provided an interview to > > Paul Burrows, editor of 'Camera' magazine here. It's a very good local > > publication and I thoroughly recommend this article (and the magazine) in > > their Nov/Dec 2013 issue to anyone who can obtain it. > > You can get it as a digital edition apparently at > > www.zinio.com/camera > > > > I think that I can quote small portions of particular interest here > without > > transgression. Perhaps the complete interview will become available? > > > > All direct transcriptions from parts of answers by CEO: > > > > ..."to be honest, I'm not 100 percent sure where the D-SLR market is > going > > to be in the future. The mirrorless cameras are coming on and on and on > and > > I'm not entirely convinced that in ten years time we will have a D-SLR > > market" > > > > When asked will there ever be a Leica compact system camera: > > > > "We will have one, definitely. And it will, of course, be quite different > > to M system. We want to have autofocus with such a system and we may well > > have an APSC size sensor rather than a bigger one......." > > > > Getting back to Leica's plans for a CSC, Alfred states: > > "It will be a German built camera, however I'm not sure we can make all > of > > the lenses made in Germany because we are talking about a different price > > range to M system so I could imagine that we do some fixed focal length > > lenses in Germany and maybe with the zooms we will co-operate with a > > partner" > > He stresses that Leica won't be building on Panasonic's Micro Four Thirds > > format. > > > > On film cameras, Alfred Schopf said: > > "We are now the world's biggest manufacturer of film cameras on the > > planet- because we are the only one, more or less. As long as we get > orders > > we will continue. At the moment we get between 600 and 700 orders per > > year............" > > > > > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >