Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What every rumors site needs; some guy adept in cad animation software. Because if enough people think its true. It may as well be. And we could sway them into making it true. its called wishing it into making it happen. And it flies in the face of realistic capitalism just a tad bit. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner > From: Mark William Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:47:52 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Conversation: [Leica] Hullo. Leica R Solution - now in video > Subject: Re: [Leica] Hullo. Leica R Solution - now in video > > From what I can quickly search engine Omar Pirela Neuman is a 3D Designer. > What that may mean is that he can make anything he wants appear to be real > as > he knows how to use the 3d imaging animated software he already owns and > uses > everyday to make a real cartoon out of any whim of the imagination. > Campbell's soup cans which open themselves! > Yes now Leica knows that an R10 COULD exist! > Yes Leica KNEW that an R10 COULD exist last month and last year. > No This I don't think is going to inspire them. > That an R10 could exist is not the point. The point is twelve people would > buy > them at what they would have to cost. > Leica does not care to make a camera for those twelve people. They just > don't > have that luxury. Not even the third richest man in Europe can throw that > kind > of money away. And I doubt he cares to be shown what it should like like > by 3D > Designers not in the field of camera design. Its like desktop publishing > taken too far. It bad enough we had bad brochures put together by non > professionals. Now we have bad everything else literally jumping off the > page. > I'm glad when Elvis died there were no 3D designer PJ's or we'd have > footage > of his marriage to Marilyn Monroe on the moon. This wedding according to > most > the tabloids took place about six months after the funeral. > People just could not accept the death of the king. > And why should they? We hear him on the radio every day. > But right now anybody wanting to do excellent photography with R glass > easily > can with an adaptor and a Nikon camera. Their investment holds solid. And > the > pictures come out perfectly as can be easily found in the LUG gallery. > Even in > Earths atmosphere. > > No archive > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:59:16 +0100 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Hullo. Leice R Solution - now in video >> >> http://leicarumors.com/ >> >> Ph >> >> >> Le 24 janv. 11 ? 19:52, Henning Wulff a ?crit : >> >>> >>> 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-sol>>>> u >>>> tion-from-leica.aspx/ >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Henning J. Wulff >>> Wulff Photography & Design >>> mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com >>> http://www.archiphoto.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