[Leica] Digital M

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

I think the camera companies despite the success of digital are not in a big
hurry to just throw their arms up and let die the established one with all
that gear in place and the people who use them. (us, many serious
photographers)

I reality I'm aware that to reintroduce a half frame format for 35mm film
ore call it something else with more Passas (digitally compatible film
systems ) it would require all the minilabs to regear for that format so the
masses can have their snapshots. They'd have to but gears with smaller teeth
in those machines.
For the appropriate BITE.
Still they could hype it like some big new thing and get everybody all
excited about it to make such expenditures with their marketing happy.

"Get RETRO USE out of those fast, small, lightweight compact, cheap, sharp
digital glass you've been breaking your bank over!"
FLIM!!!!
That?s  right that filmy stuff they sell in those cute little 35 cassettes
you can now use and get 72 pictures out of!"
"So what you cant erase and redo them!"
Most of those labs will make more and more decent scans out of the whole
roll for you as part of the deal for chump change.
Desktop scanning is climbing well over the 4000dpi mark. IF you don?t mind
using a Minolta.

Here are the lenses just out designed for that smaller digital image circle
which would be great to be able to be put to use shooting FLIM!

Here's some of the smaller image circle glass out there I just found:
Olympus Zuiko 14-54mm f2.8/3.5 E-ED Digital Zoom Lens for the E Digital SLR
System. 
 
Olympus Zuiko 50-200mm f2.8/3.5 E-ED Digital Zoom Lens for the E Digital SLR
System. 
 
Olympus Zuiko 50mm f2.0 E-ED Digital Macro Lens for the E Digital SLR
System. 
 
Olympus Zuiko 300mm f2.8 E-ED Digital Telephoto Lens for the E Digital SLR
System. 
 
Nikon 10.5mm f2.8G ED-IF DX Autofocus Fisheye Lens for Digital SLR Cameras,
with Case, Gray. 
 
Nikon 12mm-24mm f4.0G ED-IF DX Autofocus Zoom Lens for Digital SLR Cameras,
Gray Market 
 
Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED IF AF-S DX Wide Angle Zoom Lens with 5 Year
U.S.A. Warranty 
 
Pentax SMCP-DA 14mm f/2.8 ED IF Digital SLR Auto Focus Lens, with Hood
 
Pentax SMCP-DA 16-45mm f4 ED-AL Auto Focus Zoom Lens for Digital SLR's.
 
Sigma 18-125mm f3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens for Digital SLR Cameras
 
Sigma 55-200mm f/4-5.6 Telephoto AF Zoom Digital SLR Camera
 
Sigma 17-35mm f2.8-4 EX DG Aspherical HSM AutoFocus Super Wide Angle Zoom
Lens for Sigma Digital & Film SLR Cameras.
 (larger circle probably)







Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland Oregon
http://rabinergroup.com/