[Leica] Digital M

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

That gives and intereting range of lenses with the 35mm mapping to
almost 50, the 50 to almost 70, the 70 mapping to 95, and the 90
mapping to 120 and the 28 to 38. I predict sales of the 70mm will
improve.

I would hope that by the time the digital M hits the streets they will
be able to push up the ASA to 1600 if they haven't added an "optional"
mode for it in the current R version. With the R 800 would seem
adequate but for the M, well, available darkness and all demands 1600.

I can't even guess at cost of course.

AB

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 11:46:18 -0400, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> 
wrote:
> So we're looking at a magnification factor of 1.37, a top iso of about
> 800, and a price somewhere north of $4500 K? And a new lens that will
> undoubtedly cost more than a couple Ms?
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Dan C
> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 11:33 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Digital M
> 
> This is from someone (Brian Booth) who toured the Leica factory in Solms
> and reported his findings on the Leica Forum..
> 
> "The Digital M will according to Leicas technical manager be made with
> the same sensor size as the digital R and Herr Cohn mentioned that Kodak
> and Imacon will make the sensor, again the same manufactorer as the R.
> We were told yesterday that Leica will make a really wide angle lens
> specially for the digital M because all the focal lengths of existing
> lenses will become longer so to remedy the problem of very wide angle
> lenses becoming medium wide angle lenses it will be neccesary to make
> the extra wide angle lens. The digital M will have the frame system
> viewfinder the same as the analogue M but with the new focal length
> sizes to take account for the focal length exension. All of the present
> M lenses can be used with a digital M except maybe the 135 mm because
> that will become around a 180mm lens on the digital M.The release date
> will be 2006."
> 
> http://www.leica-camera.com/cgi-bin/discus_e/show.pl?2/75420
> 
> -dan c.
> 
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