Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe that a Leica digital M also has to be "upgradeable" when new technology (pixel no, type etc & internal software) becomes available. Why buy a such an "over-priced" camera that lasts at least 50 years, when digital is so disposable? It has to be able to have the "guts" removed and replaced - then the outer skin can continue as long as we like the RF format. I have a Digilux 2 (which I love) and I hope that may be upgradable too. If a digital M comes out for $4k, I'll be over to the US like a shot (cluching my M6 to trade in). My local UK dealer reckons on over ?3k - work that out to $ !!!!!!!!! My UK dealer (35 years Leica dealer) also reckons they won't go down - German law dictated they had to make the "loss" (costs for Japan subsid, DMR & digital M) known to the press, and that caused the fuss. They reckon they've weathered worse in the past and that the the digital M will be out in '06. Laurence John ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:38:49 -0400 From: "B. D. Colen" Subject: RE: [Leica] leica digital back; now marketing will save Leica? To: "'Leica Users Group'" Message-ID: <020701c53df4$28dbb890$6701a8c0@ccapr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I agree, Don, that Leica's hope of having a future lays in producing a digital M - but it has to be an affordable digital M, or at least one that produces results on a par with DSLRs in its price range. In other words, the RD1 is grossly overpriced for its build quality and the image quality it offers. But if a digital M costing $4K was built like an M and produced images on a par with a Canon EOS1dMKII - particularly in terms of noise level at 800-1600-and 3200 iso - there are probably large numbers of formerly Leica-using pros who's spring for it, to say nothing of dedicated Leica-loving hobbyists....But they really have to do it, and do it damn soon, before Zeiss comes out with a digital M mount body. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com