[Leica] Lenses without digital Bodies, Anyone?

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Nikon seems to be doing just fine, Bob, and I would be willing to wager
it will be the proverbial cold day in hell before they either produce a
digital back for your old bodies or, for that matter, come out with
their own full-frame 35 digital. Nikon is focused on the pro pj market
in its high end cameras, and things such as write speed, focus accuracy,
weight, and battery life are of far more interest to most shooters than
having a 35 mm full-frame. Sadly, I'd guess their attitude to those of
you who won't wait much longer is 'don't let the door smack your ass on
the way out.'

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Subject: [Leica] Lenses without digital Bodies, Anyone?


Nikon better do something bold because those of us who are

sitting on a large inventory of Nikon lenses will not wait much longer

for Nikon to produce a digital back for our film cameras or a decent

full-frame digital camera that accepts our old lenses. I thought the

Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n would be the answer but it had too many problems

to be a "decent" camera. --Bob Fately (from a Nikon List)
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Bob seems unhappy with the Kodak DCS and escoriates Nikon for not
producing 
digital backs for existing pro 35mm film cameras. Leica has one, I
believe the 
latest R8. He seems concerned about his lens armory. They can be used
with 
Nikons like the D70, for example. Is he crying in his beer?

However, we who own M lenses will have no such problem, because I assume
the 
digital M body will accept my good old f1.5 50mm Summarit without any 
qualification.  

Bob, spurned by both fate and destiny, Rosen
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