Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/24
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>[...] what Leica needs to do is make a basic M style chassis with modular
>digital components which can be updated or upgraded whenever the user or
>advances in technology demand it [...]
>Douglas
>If that is technically feasible, I thinks that's a superb concept for a
>high end
>digi-M body [...]
>Scott
Technically feasible? Maybe, if size and weight do not matter. But I'm not
shure if this would work with a M. For me, M stands for a certain
compactness. If the digital compents should be modular, you can be shure
the camera would not be optimizeable in size and weight.
And as there is already a "hunchback of Solms" (R8/9), so there is no need
for another monster ("the incredible Hulk of Solms"?):-)
I think we can be happy if we get a non modular digital M with a 1.5
cropfactor sensor within one year and a half. If Leica is still alive until
then.
Didier