Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Upgradable modular sensors would be great, so that the camera bodies of today do not become pretty paperweights in only a few years time. Buying a film Leica was like buying a camera for life. Sadly digital cameras aren't like that. But wouldn't it be great if all that precision engineering did not go to waste over time. Charlie Charlie Chan www.charlie-chan.co.uk On 20 Oct 2014, at 08:34, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote: > A zooming viewfinder is one thing. > A zooming accurate rangefinder otoh is something else entirely... > It would probably more than double the manufacturing cost of the camera. > Electronics = cheap, and getting cheaper. > Precision mechano-optical engineering = very expensive indeed. > Sadly. > > I would like autofocus, but realise that is not feasible on the M line. > > Frank D. > > > On 19 Oct, 2014, at 20:37, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > >> A zooming optical VF so we could have a 24-50 Zoom-Elmarit M. This was a >> regular feature of P&S digital cameras with built-in zooms before the >> Gods of the Industry decreed optical VFs unnecessary. Why wouldn't Leica >> be able to manage an acceptable one? >> >> ?howard >> >> >> On Oct 19, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> >> wrote: >> >>> If you could add only 1 feature to your current Leica camera ( no matter >>> which digital you own), what would you add? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> >>> Red735i at verizon.net >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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