Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/16

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Subject: [Leica] Leica digital M...
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue May 16 06:30:00 2006
References: <A9DB04C8-243B-4B44-A1DC-226313EE06CB@cox.net> <6.1.0.6.2.20060515181026.0882de38@192.168.100.42> <6.2.5.6.2.20060516082700.02a1ee98@screengang.com>

any idea who makes the sensor, the electronics, and the software?   
thanks Didier....Steve


On May 16, 2006, at 12:20 AM, Didier Ludwig wrote:

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> Steve: Some technical features had been confirmed by Leica product  
> manager Stefan Daniel in the LFI (Leica Foto International)  
> magazine 1/2006. Metal shutter, 1.33 crop, MP/M7 range-/viewfinder  
> unit, three new wide angle lenses (focal lengths unknown but likely  
> three quarter of common lengths to match the crop factor). No  
> official confirm about the release date. Photokina (sept. 2006)  
> seems to be on schedule as Leica is strongly willed not to repeat  
> the DMR delay debacle. Other Leica products (camera and 14-50 zoom  
> lens for the 4/3 system) are expected on the same date, too.
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> Richard: "Same size as M7" - are you talking about the digital M  
> photo of the mentioned LFI magazine, see http://tinyurl.com/obmkp ?  
> That was a photoshopped M7 as clearly stated by the editors. Stefan  
> Daniel said the new digital M will be "about the size and weight of  
> a M" but he did not specify WHICH M. It could as well be closer to  
> a M5 as several members of the german leica-camera.de forum posted  
> (who pretended having seen a prototype what I doubt).
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In reply to: Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Leica digital M...)
Message from richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard) ([Leica] Leica digital M...)
Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Leica digital M...)