Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're behind in your reading, Gene - I've already apologized for inflating the price of the VaporBack - see the question about it's appearance now being postponed until April. But of course I made my apology before the dollar began it's latest plunge. What do you think the price of that thing will be 12 to 18 months from now - assuming that it's out by now, and assuming that there still is a currency called the dollar. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of grduprey@rockwellcollins.com Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 10:25 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Nikon's profits tripled BD How did the $4990 back become a $7000 back? Also, I would not be wanting to swap it back and forth every day anyway. I would suspect that most users will dedicate one R8/9 to digital and another to film. If they did not have 2 R8/9's then they would probably use it for one or the other and very seldom switch back and forth several times during a shoot. As I understand it, the problem comes with keeping every thing clean and the chance of some clutz of a user damaging the back from changing it constantly or in a hurry by not using the protective cover when storing it. Or the hinge wearing out due to excessive changing of the back, easily fixed I would think anyway. Gene Except that Leica's $7K? digital back is not intended to be swapped on a regular basis, according to a post here recently. What it really looks like is they decided to produce half a digital SLR figuring that the loyalists would be willing to accept that. Nikon's, I would guess, will be truly swappable - IF they produce one. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Rick Dykstra Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 7:00 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Nikon's profits tripled All those gold contacts on the R8 were reputedly for the autofocus. Remember how the R system was going to get autofocus, via a moving back for the R8? 1998, that was. As soon as I heard it was off the agenda I went out and bought an F5 and a 300, just for sport. Now Nikon have turned copy-cats, with a digi-back F6? Geez, it'd make sense for it to be compatible with the F5 - that's the way Leica would do it. And one of the reasons I'll stick with Leica. On 18/11/2004, at 10:21 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > On 11/17/04 12:32 PM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> typed: > >> If anyone wants to place a small wager, I'll bet that within six to >> 18 months Nikon will, in fact, introduce a digital back for the F6. >> In fact, I'm convinced that's why they're introducing the F6 in the >> first place. > > > Well soon someone will have one in hand and check for all kinds of > funny gold contacts. Although I'm not sure if anyone ever saw them on > the R8. > > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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