Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Feli, I think this is what we've all been dreaming of, simply replacing the pressure plate with a digital sensor. More or less what Leica is doing with the SLR back. But what a price ! Douglas Feli di Giorgio schrieb: >On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 14:03, B. D. Colen wrote: > > >>I suspect, Doug, that what Leica will do is give us a gorgeous piece of >>photographic equipment that will last as long as its owner wants to keep >>using it. And while we all keep getting hung up on the fact that the >>target is constantly moving, the truth is that for most people on this >>list, a good current sensor of 5 mgp or above will provide good enough >>quality images so that one really shouldn't ever hve to replace the >>camera. >> >> > >Maybe it would make sense for Leica to make the camera modular. > >You would end up with the control module containing the shutter, >rangefinder etc. which would be built to the usual Leica standard. >You would clip a digital back on to that, like the filmback/backdoor >on the old Contax IIa. That way Leica could offer different resolution >backs ranging from 6-16 MP and and they could be full frame, x1.5 or x1.3 >and the shooter buys the one they can afford. Of course there would have >to be a provision to adjust the framelines... > >In any case, it would probably also lower Leicas production costs, because >they >wouldn't have redesign the entire camera every few years. They could also >sell >the backs at a lower price, because they would be cheaper to make than an >entire >camera. > >Feli > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Ihre bevorzugten Shops, hilfreiche Einkaufs-Hilfen und gro?artige Geschenk Ideen. Erleben Sie das Vergn?gen online einzukaufen mit Shop@Netscape! http://shopping.netscape.de/shopping/