[Leica] Leica MDigital

[rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

Ted and B.D.,

I agree in everything you wrote, I just wanted to say that a LCD CAN be 
useful, but it's NOT A MUST on any hi end digital camera; and I do not 
expect it on a digital M (which will be out of my financial reach anyway), 
though the Epson R-D1 has a (non real-time) LCD. Ted's argument of one who 
can hold a SpeedGraphic up in a crowd does hardly need a LCD has convinced 
me :-) I'll try it with a mf camera next time ;-D

Didier


>Hi Didier,
>The more things like  an LCD added to the back of an M like camera is just 
>another item to keep the camera from appearing in another 10 years. ;-) If 
>ever!  Besides holding the camera over one's head to shoot is nothing new 
>and we nearly always managed at least one successful picture doing it 
>without even looking at anything other than the base plate and pointed in 
>the general direction of the subject.
>
>This was referred to as a "Hail Mary shot" as I'm sure you are aware. :-) 
>If you've never tried it with a Speed Graphic I might say this in itself 
>was an adventure in picture taking under crowded conditions! :-)
>
>Besides hardly any of us will be able to afford a real M type digital if 
>it comes out, particularly with a similar price tag as the DMR. And I 
>don't believe this would save Leica's ass in any event even if it came out 
>in the next few years. However, one never knows until we see the colour of 
>their camera! ;-)
>ted