Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes I just read that since posting as well. Perhaps there is no patent applicable on the H mount then? (as with the M) I imagined that you couldn't reverse engineer the electrical interface part of the mount without permission. Apparently not! Consistent with the no love lost relationship with Hasselblad then. Just interesting in passing for me. If I could justify buying an S2 it would be to use the S lenses naturally. But I guess the adaptor may attract owners of current sytems to buy the S2 body and probably more likely helps compensate S owners for the delays in getting the Central Shutter versions of the S lenses to market. I did read they have got that shutter sorted out now with their own native design (and synch is up to 1,000th too). Cheers, Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 18 May 2012 08:36, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net < wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > > >>> > But Hasselblad cooperated with Leica Camera so that this adaptor could be > marketed, presumably. You can't just pick up a modern, electronic mount > design like that and copy it without permission/payment. I was really > surprised > <<< > > As I understand it Leica reverse-engineered the Hassleblad electronic > language after repeated attempts to get Hassleblad's cooperation were met > with silence. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com ? What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >