Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/27

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Subject: [Leica] new M mount 35mm wide angle camera
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Sun Aug 27 00:20:27 2006

Ooh, browsing past the Zeiss site. They have announced a new  M mount wide
camera.

http://www.zeiss.com/photo

No finder, 35mm,  Zeiss M mount primes, awfully clever for those panorama
folks.

 


"The Zeiss Ikon SW is the 35mm precision camera for uncompromising superwide
photographers. Its lens mount takes any lens with M bayonet, in particular
the ZEISS high performance superwide-angle lenses Distagon T* 2,8/15mm ZM
and the Biogon T* types from the ZEISS ZM range. 

An accessory shoe directly above the lens takes the corresponding superwide
viewfinder. A second shoe is built in to take a flash, a bubble level or
other accessory.

The electronically controlled metal focal plane shutter offers speeds
ranging from 1/2000 sec. - 8 sec. in automatic mode (AE-lock is available)
and 1/2000 - 1 sec. + B in manual mode. Fastest flash synchro speed is 1/125
sec. 

The Zeiss Ikon SW offers the same extremely high image quality as the known
Zeiss Ikon rangefinder camera: far above today's digital cameras. It is
fully integrated into the Zeiss Ikon system. The Zeiss Ikon SW comes without
the complex rangefinder and is therefore considerably more affordable than
the rangefinder camera. 

The Zeiss Ikon SW will be available as of October 2006"


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