sojournerphoto
Veteran
bump, sorry
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
My guess is that Dalsa sensors would cost more than nearly all other vendors. I solicited Dalsa as a customer when their first sensors were barely out of prototype. A Dalsa sensor in a Leica would be interesting.
PrisonersDilema
Established
Upgrade path
Upgrade path
Well, I do hope there is some upgrade path for M8 users to move to M9.
Upgrade path
Well, I do hope there is some upgrade path for M8 users to move to M9.
35mmdelux
Veni, vidi, vici
The upgrade path should be about $7000.
jaapv
RFF Sponsoring Member.
See Roger's post. Is it April first today?
jaapv
RFF Sponsoring Member.
Yes. American Express or Visa...
Pickett Wilson
Veteran
"Yes. American Express or Visa..."
Yeah, but if you think eBay's fees are high...
Yeah, but if you think eBay's fees are high...
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
I remember when I first joined this forum there were rumours that Leica were close to releasing a world class digital rangefinder camera based on the 'M' ... the naysayers said it would never happen ... seems they were right! :angel:
Pickett Wilson
Veteran
Keith, that was cold.
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
Come on guys, snap out of it.
Some dude claims he got an email and some other dude posts it up here.
Lets not waste the earth's resources by commenting on this stupid 'rumour'.
Some dude claims he got an email and some other dude posts it up here.
Lets not waste the earth's resources by commenting on this stupid 'rumour'.
Pickett Wilson
Veteran
Yeah, there are only a limited number of 1's and 0's.
Avotius
Some guy
wait a second, didnt some industrious lad with a 35mm full framed medium format back modify it and use leica lenses on it? His project worked and he did it for fun on his kitchen table and the images were just fine. If he can do it why cant the biggest digital image technology companies figure it out?
jaapv
RFF Sponsoring Member.
Yep - the images looked like nothing any of us would accept out of a digital Leica. More like a digital Holga. But it did indeed work.
f16sunshine
Moderator
I heard Kermit the frog and Miss Piggy have a secret love child. He will be on American idol next season sing covers of his famous parents best songs. Oh and the moon is really made of cheeses.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
I heard Kermit the frog and Miss Piggy have a secret love child. He will be on American idol next season sing covers of his famous parents best songs. Oh and the moon is really made of cheeses.
And is a Sonnar derivative...
Cheers,
R.
tonal1
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I always thought Canon had a hard time making sensors fast enough for demand? If that's correct(?), then why would they want to sell sensors to Leica.... And now to answer my own question: Maybe Leica charges so much for the M9 that selling Leica a sensor is as profitable as selling one of there own cameras??
aniMal
Well-known
The guy who made that ´digital M-holga´ used a 90mm as far as I can recall. Leica could make a ´digital M-3´that takes 50-90-135 mm any day, it would just take a standard FF sensor. The angle of light hitting the sensor is just the same with at least a 90mm as in a digital SLR.
It is the wides that are the problem... I suppose it would also be easy to make a ´FF wide-M´ with the technology that is in the M8, you would just need to offset the microlenses a little more than on an M8. But then it would not be able to take anything beyond perhaps 50mm...
Perhaps the M9 will hit some kind of medium ground, with heavy software corrections on top of it. We will see, perhaps there will also be a different take on it altogether?
It is the wides that are the problem... I suppose it would also be easy to make a ´FF wide-M´ with the technology that is in the M8, you would just need to offset the microlenses a little more than on an M8. But then it would not be able to take anything beyond perhaps 50mm...
Perhaps the M9 will hit some kind of medium ground, with heavy software corrections on top of it. We will see, perhaps there will also be a different take on it altogether?
I have no inside info on the subject, but I just can't imagine Leica working with Canon or Nikon.
The basic problem is just too much rivalry.
Stephen
The basic problem is just too much rivalry.
Stephen
MartinP
Veteran
If (a big if) something is really being planned for next year, then now would be far too late to discuss a contract about such a crucial component, surely ?
On the other hand, something optically the same as R lenses would do for wide angles ??? That could mean a new mount though, lol. Isn't speculation fun ?
On the other hand, something optically the same as R lenses would do for wide angles ??? That could mean a new mount though, lol. Isn't speculation fun ?
Olsen
Well-known
Sorry, but this is BS.
Canon is in no position to 'sell' a Japanese developed (with extensive help from Japanese taxpayers) sensor to a non-Japanese company. Even Leica has confirmed this. Nor is the typical Full Frame CMOS sensors in 5D II or in 1Ds III (which I own myself) any good in a digital rangefinder camera. They show a light fall-off of 3 to 4 aperture stops even on DSLR cameras. That would amount to far more on a digital rangefinder camera.
Instead of relying on rumors we can just as well listen to what Leica say about their sensor suppliers: It is Kodak!