Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree totally, Jim, but I certainly do wish I had had an M240 back in the days when I was pushing TMax 3200 by candlelight in dark adobe houses!! ;-) Tina On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Jim Laurel (gmail) <jplaurel at gmail.com>wrote: > I never will understand all this obsession with ultra-high ISO. Along with > bokeh, it has become a fetish in the photographic community. > > For so many years, we traveled with the Leica M6 and a few fast lenses and > 100 ISO slide film, which we would sometimes push 1 stop. Only rarely did I > feel the need for ISO 1600. The Leica M8 was already better than 35mm film > at comparable ISO sensitivities. The M9 is better still and yet in today's > world it is considered woefully obsolete. I can understand that for Chris' > wedding work, 12,500 allows him to capture images that were just not > possible in the days of film, but few consumers have such a requirement. > > One thing is for sure. While a few photographers are using the new > capabilities of digital cameras to push creative boundaries, most simply > inundate us with well-exposed and sharply focused images with crazy bokeh > at outrageous ISOs that have little real content. > > --Jim > > > On Mar 6, 2014, at 11:54 AM, chris williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: > > > No way on the M-AF mount. The M battery is already small, I would not > want another battery drain. > > > > I just recently shot the M 240 at a wedding. Unless there's a new > version capable of 12,500 iso I don't really see a need for a new camera > announcement.? > > > > Chris Williams > > www.zoeicaimages.net > > 504-231-6261 > > > > > > On Mar 06, 2014, at 02:40 PM, "Jim Laurel (gmail)" <jplaurel at > > gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Just for fun, who would like to speculate on what Leica will announce > on April 24? Will it be the fabled Leica T (typ 701)? > >> > >> If I had a seat at the conference table, here's what I would I would > propose: > >> -- A modified M mount that supports autofocus. The "Leica M-AF" mount. > >> -- Re-tool X-Vario to accept these new lenses. This APS-C camera will > be the initial offering. This new camera body can read the 6-bit coding on > current M mount lenses. > >> -- Release a set of primes with moderate aperture but superlative IQ in > classical focal length equivalents: 35, 50, 28 and 90mm, in that order. > M-AF lenses actually project an image circle sufficient for APS-H. > >> -- Customers who want wider, longer or faster can use traditional M > mount lenses > >> -- Firmware update for M240 to use the new lenses in crop mode. > >> -- Next cycle, release the APS-H body with integrated EVF in the > traditional position (far left) > >> -- Sell body and prime of your choice as a kit. Your choice of an M-AF > prime for the same price. M-AF body and one prime priced between M240 > (body) and X-Vario. > >> > >> --Jim > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com