Full Frame M8 with Panasonic sensor? Leica Rumors site?

[back alley]

No, you are. The 14-45 is a 14-45. Focal length, as the name implies, is an optical parameter that is tied to the lens in terms of physics.

The idea that a medium wideangle is a 28, and a tele is a 90, only happens to work on 35mm. I have this beautiful 90/f8 over in the other room that is a strong ultrawideangle on the camera it's mounted on, and calling it a 17 (just because that's what it would have to be if it were a lens for 35mm film which it isn't) would be a physics absurdity.

fair enough, but why do most reviews of lenses for cropped sensor cameras always seem to make note of the comparison to 35mm?

they just feed my 35mm centric mind.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Well, I think we have an inherent appreciation for particular fields of view, and any lens maker will be trying to cover those fields of view for their sensor size of choice. The comparisons to 35mm are simply because 35mm is what we're used to. When we hear "28mm" we instantly think of photos we have taken at that focal length, and how far away from the subject we had to be standing. Maybe someday it won't be necessary to say this, though I kind of doubt it--there will always be a variety of formats, and one of them will always be the baseline.

Anyway, the 14-45 zoom wasn't created to mimic 35mm lenses, but rather to provide fields of view all photographers want to use.

 

[Doug]

fair enough, but why do most reviews of lenses for cropped sensor cameras always seem to make note of the comparison to 35mm?

they just feed my 35mm centric mind.

Fair question, and I think we've gone down that 35-centric road too far to back out at this point.

Otherwise it would be much more rational IMHO to think in terms of angle of view. Fifty degrees plus or minus is a "normal" lens, 30° is a medium tele, 75° is a medium wide, and superwide starts at about 90 degrees. This is independent of film/sensor format.

 

[johannielscom]

In my opinion, It will be a matter of time, and any camera manufacturer could build a full frame digital camera with M mount...
Not necesarily Panasonic...

E

Could, yes, but would, no.

RF photography is a niche business, not a mainstream one and is not nearly interesting enough from a marketing point of view.

No camera manufacturer will launch a campaign saying their new camera is without multi-point focus AF, Shutter speed priority or Program mode, without adaptable metering system or TTL flash.

Forget about it, its not gonna happen.

 

[Richard Marks]

Could, yes, but would, no.

RF photography is a niche business, not a mainstream one and is not nearly interesting enough from a marketing point of view.

No camera manufacturer will launch a campaign saying their new camera is without multi-point focus AF, Shutter speed priority or Program mode, without adaptable metering system or TTL flash.

Forget about it, its not gonna happen.

I agree a rangefinder is a niche business. I can not realistically see any one else making another pure digital RF. I am not even convinced that the M9 will be financially sucessful. However I can conceive of making an interchangeable lens option with auto focus that could use m lenses at their intended 35mm equivalent focal length. This would provide a company with some insulation from the risks of a pure RF niche product. I am sure it would be focusing the m lenses manually via live view rather than through a rangefinder. But live view will undoubtedly get faster with better procesors. Who knows we could even have nice super imposed brightlines. Personally I would never say "never".

Richard

 

[slungu]

I would also like a nice alternative in the $2000 region for a FF digital rangefinder. Actually, I would also settle for a 1.33x for a reasonable price. But not a 2x like the new GFsomething.

 

[eleskin]

Remember the Contax Autofocus SLR?

Remember the Contax Autofocus SLR?

Contax had an SLR that used auto focus by moving the film plane when the lenses were focused at infinity.

Why not use this system in an auto focus M Mount?

 

[CameraQuest]

What about the rumor of the new Leica M8 with the Hasselblad chip?

That's the one I want to see. Full Frame 6x6!

Stephen