Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] Say Hello to Hermes Leica -- THE Photog's FashionStatement
From: bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Wed Oct 13 08:19:29 2004

:-) Obviously no inside scoop, Doug, just a guess which, given the way
things have been moving in digital, doesn't require a degree in rocket
science (But you ought to notice that I very intentionally said the
"apparent speed" ). As to chopping off the edges...That's what ever
digital SLR manufacturer has been doing with less-than-full frame
cameras. All that's required, then, is a lens that's wide enough so that
when it's multiplied by the factor it give you a 21, 22 - And that, I
would suggest - with no inside scoop - is why Zeiss is producing the 15
f 2.8.

B. D.
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[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Douglas Herr
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:54 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Say Hello to Hermes Leica -- THE Photog's
FashionStatement


"B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:

> And as to the point about it now being possible to produce a digital 
> rangefinder...I think it has been possible all along;

"Possible" is not the question.  Decent quality images is the question,
particularly with wide-angle lenses.  Epson/Cosina got around this by
chopping off the edges, making wide-angle lenses less wide.

>  the apparent ease and speed with which Epson did it suggests that.

So, how long was Epson/Cosina working on this before they made it
public?  What's the inside scoop, B.D.?


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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