Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I'm starting to think that Leica should just cut it's loses and make a Foveon chipped digital M, regardless of it being backwards compatible or not. They could keep the traditional shape/size and come up with a new set of lenses. There would probably be an enormous outcry, but I think they would still sell a ton of them. Initially they could release a fast 35/50/90 set. feli > In terms of today's technology, Leica is right and you are wrong. > > Leica lenses of 50mm and shorter have a much greater angle of > incidence in to corners of the frame than SLR lenses, and those are > the lenses of interest. Which Leica M user would accept being able to > Whether the Leica M is at the end of its development as a useful > camera, is a completely different issue. Henning J. Wulff ________________________________________________ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin feli2@earthlink.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html