Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So this way I can buy a DM and get a 50 1.4 Aspherical for free! My 35 1.4 Asph becomes a 50 1.4 Asph???!!! Never liked those distorted fat heads from the wides anyway. Rick. On 23/12/2005, at 8:51 AM, pwerner@bluewin.ch wrote: > Tina, > > The article in the German edition of LFI seems clearer: Leica is > going to > present new wide-angle lenses at the same time as the Digital M. > The reason > is that the current lenses will become "longer" on the DM due to > the crop > factor. The 21 behaves like a 28 and the 28 like a 35. Therefore > there will > be the need for new, shorter (wider) lenses to fill the gap. These > lenses > will be usable on both the Digital M and the film M bodies. > > Peter > >> -- Original-Nachricht -- >> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:32:53 -0500 >> From: Tina Manley <images@infoave.net> >> Subject: RE: [Leica] Official picture of digital-M? >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> >> >> It says that "The Digital M will be introduced as a complete package >> that will include new wide-angle lenses." I suppose that means that >> our current M lenses won't work with the digital camera? That would >> defeat the whole purpose to me. >> >> Tina >> >> >> At 04:23 PM 12/22/2005, you wrote: >>> Albert Wang wrote: >>>> Looks like the upcoming issue of LFI (Jan. 2006) includes a >>>> "mock-up" >>>> picture of the new digital M. It says M7 Digital >>>> but hopefully they will rename it to M-Digital 1 or MD1 which >>>> would be the start of a new generation. >>> >>> You can see it here, and read the propaganda/marketing too: >>> http://www.lfi-online.de/ceemes/show.php?lfi_index_english >>> >>> >>> - Phong >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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