Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter We'll know it in a few months - what I am concerned, I go the R-D1 route, have just ordered one. The firmware update is now available and will transform it in a R-D1s (except the new painting). On this very interesting article at Luminous Landscape http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/lenses/rd-1-lens.shtml about the usage of wide angle lenses on a R-D1 you can see what has to be done after the exposure. Scroll down and look at the uncorrected and corrected samples (vignetting issue). I guess Leica will do the same automatically in-camera but this might slow down the shooting speed. Didier >I can't help feeling that these dots and in-camera s/w adjustments smack >more than a little of a job not done properly. An attempt to be "better" >than the RD-1/1s that hasn't come off? Does the need for adjustment hint at >some basic incompatibility between Leica's design and the M lenses? If >Epson can build the RD-1 without this "dotting" why do Leica need it and a >new mount. >Sorry to say that I have this feeling that the "M-8" may only be a half-way >house to something else. >Peter Dzwig