Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can all poke fun at me when this comes true, but at this point I'll bet $5 with the first person to Email me that it's an utter crock - and $7500! For a CONVERSION UNIT? Or $9000 for a 10 mgp camera? Anyway, dream on guys and guyettes! :-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Austin Franklin Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 10:11 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-) > Don't that take the cake? It's coming ... soon ... to a Leica > Dealer near you. It's true! My 'Closest Leica Sources' HONESTLY all > independently confirmed it ... like a freight train down a tunnel. > This is TRUE I am ASSURED!! > The R DIGITAL - the Rd, or RD > As they all say, it will come in the form of a replaceable $7,500.00 > around 10 megapixel '1.3X multiplier' size chip, CMOS in nature. > Essentially, you > will take the back off your R8/9, take off the motor or drive if any is > there, and snap the front of the camera onto it's new holder, which will > have all the expected 'stuff' - greater than 2" preview screen, > plus all the > stuff one wants to see there and doesn't on any other DSLR's. Why > else (as I > am shown what I know is there already) are "All these contacts built in > below the film guide rails? LOOK! See them before?" Yes - I have - and as > you all as well, wondered why they are there. Maybe even by the > fall, THIS > 2003 fall .... > So, anything new goin' on? > Ed How does the shutter get cocked? Do you have to do it manually, or does the new "back" come with a motor drive? BTW, the Contax RTS-III has "all those contacts built in below the film guide rails" and it was made in 1989, so simply having contacts below the film rail does not assure digital back compatibility. Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html