[Leica] Hullo. Leice R Solution

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

Quite true, but the vagueness of various things that were brought up 
seemed to indicate that a lot of things might/will change before it 
becomes a product



At 2:30 PM -0500 1/24/11, Richard Taylor wrote:
>Actually, I was there, and the way it was discussed was as a 
>full-frame EVIL camera directed primarily towards M-lens use with an 
>adapter allowing R lenses to be used.
>
>Regards,
>
>Dick
>
>
>
>On Jan 24, 2011, at 1:52 PM, Henning Wulff wrote:
>
>>  Yes, this was discussed here last fall after the LHSA meeting at 
>>which this discussion took place.
>>
>>  Some things from that meeting:
>>
>>  There will be an M10. Duh.
>>
>>  There will be an 'R solution'. It will not be an R10, with reflex 
>>viewing, and it will not be exclusively R. It will be a live view 
>>camera, basically set up for M but adaptable for R. It might or 
>>might not be shown at Photokina 2012,
>>
>>  That was basically it. I made the comment at the time that if 
>>there was not fully functional integration with R lenses the 
>>solution would be pointless, as there were already solutions 
>>available for R users who could live with stop down metering and 
>>manual aperture control. They said they would consider that.
>>
>>  All in all, it sounded like the planning was still at a very early 
>>stage and I would think things will definitely change before 
>>anything shows up in prototype form. Ie, don't count on anything 
>>specific. The main positive thing I got from this is that the R 
>>range is still in their sights, although they made it quite clear 
>>that an R only body was not going to happen.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  At 12:44 PM -0800 1/20/11, Richard Man wrote:
>>> 
>>>http://leicarumors.com/2011/01/20/more-details-on-the-planned-digital-r-solution-from-leica.aspx/
>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>>  // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
>>
>>  --
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