Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/22

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Subject: [Leica] Suggestions wanted for a digital 'M'
From: gwpics at googlemail.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Wed Mar 22 10:32:23 2006
References: <6b9bd80a0603220910v173f4d4dg@mail.gmail.com> <14B4E07B9159A2E8DCBEF5B1@scarborough.isc.org>

Leica told me today that the digital M will be lauched in September.

Gerry

On 22/03/06, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
>
> > I am missing doing b&w with something as small and compact as my M6,
> > and am thinking of moving to a Digilux 2. Has anyone any adverse
> > comments, or does anyone know a suitable digital compact with an
> > OPTICAL viewfinder that is reasonable?
>
> I've had a Digilux 2 for about a year, but I think I'm going to sell it. 
> It's bigger than a real M, and the pictures that it produces are about the 
> same as those from the Canon G5 that I had before.
>
> While I wait for a real Digital M, and have sold my Digilux 2, I think I'm 
> either going to buy a Canon G6 or else pull out all the stops and get an 
> EOS 1D or 1Ds. I like the idea of having a camera that is good in its 
> intended genre. A Digilux 2 is not a good imitation of a Leica M, but a 
> Canon EOS 1D is a very good imitation of an SLR.
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from gwpics at googlemail.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] Suggestions wanted for a digital 'M')
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Suggestions wanted for a digital 'M')