Sparrow
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gabrielma said:
That would just be a re-badged RD1! It would need a bigger sensor, or a cheaper price to spoil the parade
Hmm. Voigtlander at Photokina
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That would just be a re-badged RD1! It would need a bigger sensor, or a cheaper price to spoil the parade
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Yeah, but nobody dares complain that the Epson camera is an Rx Cosina camera "$1500 overpriced" like some have said about the M8 compared to the M7.Sparrow said:
Anyway, Mr. K. has said he wouldn't do digital, yet there's the Epson. So if it were under the Voigtlaender brand, that would be the sensation.
sockeyed
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A new 25
A new 35/1.7
A low-magnification Bessa body: they have a .7 and a 1:1. Where's the 0.58 or lower?
A new 35/1.7
A low-magnification Bessa body: they have a .7 and a 1:1. Where's the 0.58 or lower?
Sparrow
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Now new products, lets think
Vented hood for the 50/f1.5
A range of lower contrast SC lenses
Improved all metal L with a switch-able 12-15-21 viewfinder.
Small fixed lens P&S 40/f1.4
A range of lens cases/keepers that will hold both the lens and its hood
A simple auto fan type side mounted flash
Clockwork motor-drive
Drop in 12mp sensor………………time for the medication………
Vented hood for the 50/f1.5
A range of lower contrast SC lenses
Improved all metal L with a switch-able 12-15-21 viewfinder.
Small fixed lens P&S 40/f1.4
A range of lens cases/keepers that will hold both the lens and its hood
A simple auto fan type side mounted flash
Clockwork motor-drive
Drop in 12mp sensor………………time for the medication………
Mazurka
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gabrielma said:
That's why it's an Epson. It's Epson who went digital. Cosina didn't make the camera.
Wayne R. Scott
Half fast Leica User
How about a Contax to M lens adapter for under $100. And a Contax to LTM adapter for under $150?
Wayne
Wayne
am i mistaken, or didn't mr.k say at one point that he wouldn't do an m body..??
Silva Lining
CanoHasseLeica
It might be the German Voigtlander company bringing out it's latest range of vanilla 10MP point and shoots...
Like this one!
Like this one!
kmack
do your job, then let go
How about a digital back based on the Voigtlaender Virtus D8, able to be retro fitted on any R based body, removable to allow for use of digital or film.Sparrow said:
Abbazz
6x9 and be there!
kmack said:
With a 1/1.8in. (5.6mm) sensor? Nice idea, I would be able to use a 19mm Elmarit-R lens for head shots, coz it would have the same FOV as a 90mm tele 😀
Cheers,
Abbazz
einolu
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r4, which will be built on the same frame but look more like the ikon.
Stephanie Brim
Mental Experimental.
You know what I'd really love to see, all things aside? A sub-$400 M-mount mechanical rangefinder with a longer base length and coupled rangefinder/viewfinder with 25/35/50/75/90 frames. How's THAT for a request? 😀
NIKON KIU
Did you say Nippon Kogaku?
Epson went digital???? Really?? They were digital to begin with!!Mazurka said:
Kiu
dostacos
Dan
ok, well "golden hat" ended up in front of a Mexican army firing squad, so I guess he really DID need a stinking badge....😱CameraQuest said:
I vote for a coupled 25. how about the newest Bessa R2-3M without the lens [opposed to breaking the set to lower the price]
how about the 40 in silver
jlw
Rangefinder camera pedant
Man, I'm groping here. I've been surprised by Cosina every time.
-- More lenses in M mount, so we don't need screw-to-bayo adapters?
-- A body with a longer RF base, now that Zeiss Ikon has pointed the way?
-- A body that can accept an electric motor? Wait, I heard Mr. K doesn't like motors.
-- A body with enhanced metering, e.g. a spot meter covering a defined area?
-- A reflex housing, maybe one accepting Nikon F or other standard SLR mount lenses? (Not sure there'd be enough depth for this, but it's an idea.)
Or maybe it's time to revive the Contax and Nikon mounts, on the more recent upgraded bodies. Using your Contax-mount lenses on an auto-exposure camera would be an interesting notion, would it not?
Okay, now the one I'm really, really hoping for: a good, modern, true zoom accessory finder. Advances in acrylic optics have made it possible for even a cheesy point'n'shoot to have a bright, sharp-edged zoom finder; why not one as an accessory? I'd like to see one with a range of, say, 28 - 100mm, with parallax compensation, and a dial that would adapt it for standard 35mm, Leica M8 1.33x, or Epson R-D 1 1.53x coverages.
And as long as I'm dreaming, how about building in a "VC III" meter to offer through-the-finder, variable-angle spot metering? I'm not sure who'd buy such a thing (other than myself) but it's technically feasible...
-- More lenses in M mount, so we don't need screw-to-bayo adapters?
-- A body with a longer RF base, now that Zeiss Ikon has pointed the way?
-- A body that can accept an electric motor? Wait, I heard Mr. K doesn't like motors.
-- A body with enhanced metering, e.g. a spot meter covering a defined area?
-- A reflex housing, maybe one accepting Nikon F or other standard SLR mount lenses? (Not sure there'd be enough depth for this, but it's an idea.)
Or maybe it's time to revive the Contax and Nikon mounts, on the more recent upgraded bodies. Using your Contax-mount lenses on an auto-exposure camera would be an interesting notion, would it not?
Okay, now the one I'm really, really hoping for: a good, modern, true zoom accessory finder. Advances in acrylic optics have made it possible for even a cheesy point'n'shoot to have a bright, sharp-edged zoom finder; why not one as an accessory? I'd like to see one with a range of, say, 28 - 100mm, with parallax compensation, and a dial that would adapt it for standard 35mm, Leica M8 1.33x, or Epson R-D 1 1.53x coverages.
And as long as I'm dreaming, how about building in a "VC III" meter to offer through-the-finder, variable-angle spot metering? I'm not sure who'd buy such a thing (other than myself) but it's technically feasible...
nayanan
Member
CV 25/2 Ultron
R4A with 0.5x viewfinder and 25-50/28/35 framelines
and... 1.4x viewfinder magnifier, maybe? 🙄
R4A with 0.5x viewfinder and 25-50/28/35 framelines
and... 1.4x viewfinder magnifier, maybe? 🙄
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rxmd
May contain traces of nut
On a completely different note, would CameraQuest be at Photokina? I wonder if, in principle, it would be possible to ask him beforehand to bring some things with him that one would like to buy from CameraQuest; that way we miserable Europeans could avoid subsidizing the US Postal Service with USD 40-something shipping fees.
rvaubel
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nayanan said:
Yes, yes. But I don't think Zeiss would be very happy
Rex
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
How much are Cosina/Voigtländer and Zeiss going to compete at all? I mean it would be foolish for both to overdo it. Zeiss needs Cosina as a manufacturer, Cosina needs Zeiss as a partner and for prestige.
Where they are competing now? 35/1.7 Ultron vs. 35/2 Biogon? 50/1.5 Nokton vs. 50/1.5 Sonnar? But then the latter two are really quite different.
I don't think their lens lineup will overlap all that much. That's why I wonder where a supposed 24/2 or 24/1.x lens is supposed to fit in, in comparison with the 25/2.8 ZM... But then I don't know anything and just have to wait two weeks.
Where they are competing now? 35/1.7 Ultron vs. 35/2 Biogon? 50/1.5 Nokton vs. 50/1.5 Sonnar? But then the latter two are really quite different.
I don't think their lens lineup will overlap all that much. That's why I wonder where a supposed 24/2 or 24/1.x lens is supposed to fit in, in comparison with the 25/2.8 ZM... But then I don't know anything and just have to wait two weeks.
Mazurka
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NIKON KIU said:
Wanna tell us what kind of digital products they were making in 1942, with fewer punctuations if possible? 😕 http://www.epson.co.jp/e/company/overview.htm
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