Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:RD 1 and Tri Elmar
From: "Richard F. Man" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 23:04:50 -0800
References: <200403120215.SAA21364@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

If I were Cosina, I would be feverishly working on:
1 - a 25mm F2 or better lens.
2 - 28/35/50 tri focal length lens

to release it w/ the R-D1.
Since it's an APS-C sensor, it may be easier to design these lens as the 
image circle is smaller!

At 02:31 PM 3/12/2004 +0800, howard cummer wrote:
>Hi Luggers,
>Given that the RD 1 has 28, 35 and 50 framelines one of the interesting 
>combinations will be the Digital camera with a Tri Elmar. Of course you 
>will have to manually switch the framelines as you change focal lengths on 
>the lens but it will still be, I think, a great street combination. And 
>the ability to dial in ISO 1600 when required will help compensate for the 
>slowness of the Tri Elmar in dark situations. If the ISO 1600 setting is 
>as noise free as it is in the Nikon D100's and D70's (same sensors, I 
>believe) it will be quite usable in my opinion. Time to start saving my 
>pennies!

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
use richard@imagecraft.com) 

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