Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced
From: "Kit McChesney | acmefoto" <kitmc@acmefoto.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:42:54 -0600

Not necessarily. --K

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[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Henning
Wulff
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 4:09 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced


At 1:58 PM -0400 6/26/03, Emanuel Lowi wrote:
>While the idea of an adapted M for digital is a no-go, what I'd like
>to see is a
>digital body with dimensions/size/weight very similar to an M with
>Leicavit, that can
>mount M lenses on the front.
>
>For me, the shape/size/weight of the M has as more to do with its virtues
as a
>shooting tool than do the specifics of its shutter type,
>advance/rewind mechanism and
>(omigosh) focussing system.
>
>Emanuel Lowi
>Montreal

Unfortunately, it's the lenses that are the main problem.

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Replies: Reply from Aaron Sandler <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> (Re: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced)
Reply from Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> (RE: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced)
Reply from "Jim McIntyre" <mcintyre@ca.inter.net> (Re: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced)