Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Close enough was a major fauxpaw when they raised the height of the M6TTL over the M6. ;-) Gene |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> | | Feli di Giorgio <feli@creocollective.com> | | | Sent by: | | | lug-bounces+grduprey=rockwellcollins.com@leic| | | a-users.org | | | | | | | | | 09/20/2004 05:13 PM | | | Please respond to Leica Users Group | | | | |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> | | cc: | | Subject: Re: Digital M/Digital Rebel was Re: [Leica] Lost Faith in Leica | >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 14:53, Douglas M. Sharp wrote: > Feli, > I think this is what we've all been dreaming of, simply replacing the > pressure plate with a digital sensor. More or less what Leica is doing > with the SLR back. But what a price ! > Douglas Well, if they made a digital back for the current M we would probably be limited to a x1.3 crop factor. You simply can't fit a full frame sensor inside the film gate. And it would be clunky. I'm guessing a add-on back would protrude a good 1cm off the back of the camera. I think they would be much better off designing a digital M from scratch. And frankly it doesn't have to look EXACTLY like the current M, close would be good enough. Feli _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information