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Subject: [Leica] What are the rumors around Leica and Photokina? WAS : Leica annual report
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:02:32 -0400

Another thing to keep in mind on the Digital R back (the DMR) is this is a
thing of 2005. It is now 2010.
And yes we have a couple of guys here who are continuing to get the great
results they  are used to with it, fine.
But digital year 2005 is the salamanders are crawling out of the algae and
realizing they can breath on dry land.
Other digital salamanders crawling on to the beach that year was the Nikon
D2Hs;. Widely used and fully forgotten now. A fast and great camera for
then.
The Canon EOS 350D came out. They sell them in paper stores now for the ends
of shelves.
The Pentax *ist DL
But it was the year the first Canon EOS 5D, full-frame 12.8 megapixel was
announced and came out profoundly changing the digital landscape as full
frame digital then became marketable and doable and affordable. The
beginning and quick end of cropped formats for serious photography.
But the Canon EOS-1D Mark II N came out for pros. 8.2 megapixels. 4 grand.
APS-H. You can probably get one used for 20 bucks now. That's the money they
pay YOU for getting it out of the building.
The Nikon D200 came out in November of 2005. The wonderful two ton DX
clunker I'm using now. And could sell for 20 bucks.






--------------------
Mark William Rabiner
Photography
mark at rabinergroup.com


> From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 07:09:17 +1000
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] What are the rumours around Leica and Photokina? WAS :
> Leica annual report
> 
> Frank whatever the number, their partner who produced them is no longer
their
> partner and there was insufficient demad for a new run of sensors from
the
> supplier so they are just gone. Obviously there are no cameras and
lenses for
> them either. My guess on the S2 is that their expectations are
much lower than
> 5,000 units.

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman





Replies: Reply from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com) ([Leica] What are the rumors around Leica and Photokina? WAS : Leica annual report)
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