Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 11/17/04 4:00 PM, "Rick Dykstra" <rdcb37@dodo.com.au> typed: > All those gold contacts on the R8 were reputedly for the autofocus. > Remember how the R system was going to get autofocus, via a moving back > for the R8? 1998, that was. As soon as I heard it was off the agenda > I went out and bought an F5 and a 300, just for sport. Now Nikon have > turned copy-cats, with a digi-back F6? Geez, it'd make sense for it to > be compatible with the F5 - that's the way Leica would do it. And one > of the reasons I'll stick with Leica. > Leica is going to stick with backs certainly as their only digital option. They did announce they are looking to come out with a digital R body. If his makes them turn away from the back idea or continue with it I don't know. My gut feeling says they'll just go with dedicated bodies. The back is real big. And not all that easy to switch back and forth with film. You'd end up just wanting one for film anyway. So you your thinking of the body you've got with the digital back on it as your digital body. Not that the back was a huge mistake they've learned a lot about digital by coming out with it and it's put them in the ballgame. I think Nikon is going to come out with a digital body which is associated as their flagship digital product. Just their the F line for film. The Nikon F. The Nikon F2. The Nikon F5. They need that for digital. Their "D" cameras will be the FM's or Nikkormat's of digital run of the mill bodies. My wild guess or wish is that they'd call it the FD line. Canonistic as "FD" may sound to an old timer such as myself. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/