Have you heard..? (rumors say...)

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Olsen

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....that Leica will launch a 40 mill. pixel - sort of medium format fixed lense digital camera next year..?
 
There's plenty of talk over at Leica User Forum about a "larger than full-frame" R10 SLR with interchangeable IS AF lenses.
 
An R10 with interchangeable IS, AF lenses makes great sense. Leica keeps the retro feel and look of the M but goes modern with the R. I don't see Leica going to a medium format digital camera with a huge sensor. The cost of producing such a camera would be too high for a company as small as Leica. The price of such a camera would be too high for the photographer - even for those paying current Leica prices.
Eric
 
Why the big baby Jesus would Leica want to get involved in the DSLR market? Seems like suicide to me.

A medium format fixed-lens camera is a bit more interesting, but I don't know who would buy it.
 
It must have been this R10 I have heard of. Sounds exiting. I don't know what to believe, but it sounds like a D-SLR somewhere between Hasselblad H3 and Canon 1Ds III.

What I had in mind was a digital fixed lense wide angle camera like the Ricoh GX100. With either a full frame 135 system sensor or a MF sensor. A sort of digital Hasselblad SWC with a optimal lense/sensor construction for wide angle digital shooting. I am sure that it is a demand for such a pro camera. The Ricoh is not good enough. The camera got to be 'pro' with a sensor designed like on the Leica M8 with a wide angle lense optimalized for the sensor. For interiors, architecture etc.
 
Well, they do have a MUCH bigger in-house electronic research division now, and although they couldn't fabricate the sensor, they could probably buy one in (Kodak again)?) and build a camera around it.

Personally I'd rather wait for the M10...

The sort of camera you describe already exists, except that the lenses (and backs) are interchangeable: Alpa. They make Leicas look inexpensive, though.

Cheers,

Roger
 
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and I've heard from a more then credible source that the R10 will not, I repeat, will not have autofocus capabilities.
 
The M8 is a unique camera with unique ergonomics and serves a purpose for me that no other does as well. But when it comes to a DSLR, I don't see any reason to spend the kind of money Leica will surely charge, for a camera with the quirks and suspect reliability that it will surely be plagued with. As for the D3, although I have a bunch of manual-focus Nikkor lenses and have been considering a D200 after the D300 forces D200 prices to drop under a grand, I think a Canon 5D for what soon will be under two grand, or a refurbed 1DS-II once the MkIII is in plentiful supply is a better buy than five grand for a 12MP D3. But I'm not heavily vested in Nikon glass.
 
Trius said:
Will it have IR problems? (ducking and running ...)
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They're going all out this time: IR problems, UV problems, and the colour red will be rendered as green. They're even introducing a new colour, called "murple".
 
I find it irritating when someone posts based on the rumormill and never sites the source (or reliability of that source).

Be that as it may, there is no question Leica is working on a new DSLR. Reliable sources have told me it is unclear if Leica intends to create a new mount or stick to the old R mount.

IMHO, creating a whole new mount would be suicide.
 
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