Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gunter, > (I never said they did on their web page, so I > was not wrong!) You were wrong in your comment that I was wrong, Imacon does NOT make a camera, period. The digital back, by it self, does not constitute a camera. > if I remember right, the reason they gave for calling the ixpress a > "camera" at their show was that with any film camera, the camera is given, and > film or film back is the variable. But their "camera", the ixpress, is > permanent, and the box you attach becomes the variable. Also, their > "camera" dictates image size - a 6x6 box becomes a 4x4 camera due to the > chip size. What is "permanent" about the Ixpress? It comes off, just like a film back...it also changes each time an image is made, just like film. The "box" you attach to film becomes the variable as well. I can use Velvia in a Leica M, or in a Canon F-1, or in a Hasselblad or in a Bronica. The image in the Ixpress is not permanent, it is electronic, and is still physical...and changes with every new image taken. Your recount of their explanation makes absolutely no sense, and, IMO, is simply hogwash. It's not a camera, no matter what some guys at some show called it. Calling you a giraffe doesn't make you one, now does it? Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html