[Leica] Leica Digital-M

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

>Now that's more like it...
>
>The Cron certainly eats the Cano 1.4/50 for breakfast.
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>Interesting to see the results of a 12MP fullframe chip, behind Leica glass.
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>Now about that digital M...
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>Feli
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(THIRD try at this; the server in SF wouldn't serve)

In case no one else posted this:

At the LHSA - Digital-M.

To Be Announced, and available about the same time by next Photokina. 
Same size as M camera, 1.5mm thicker, metal focal plane shutter to 
1/8000, 1/250 sync but fairly quiet, 2.5in. screen, similar 
options/layout as DMR, SD card and Li Ion battery through 'bottom 
plate, just like the present one'; frame and magnification layout not 
decided, new lens identification scheme but all M lenses exept some 
odd ones like the Hologon and 21/3.4 useable. 10.5 Mp, 1.33 factor, 
Kodak chip, electronics not by Imacon but a German company??? Price 
aim at this time 4000 Euro, $5000USD. Sensor has special filter pack 
to reduce thickness for M-wideangle performance (no anti-alias filter 
just like the DMR), as well as special differentially specced 
collector lenses for the sharp angled rays entering the photosites. 
Motorized shutter cocking. New lenses to come to handle wideangle 
views with sensor size factor in mind, but at present all designs 
will be useable for film as well. Source is Stefan Daniel from Solms, 
today at the LHSA.

As the announcement is still some time off, specs are likely to be 
somewhat different when finalized, but that's the general concept. 
Prototypes have apparently already taken pictures, but there's a way 
to go.




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